cough
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The meaning (definition) of the word cough
to push air out of your throat with a loud sudden bark
The word cough used in a sentence
“When I got sick, I had a cough that went achoo all day.”
The plural of the word cough
coughs
How the word cough is said around the world
| French | toux (too) |
| Spanish | tos (tohs) |
| Mandarin | 咳嗽 (ké sòu) |
| Hindi | खाँसी (kahnnsee) |
| Arabic | سعال (sahl) |
| Russian | кашель (kashel') |
| Portuguese (EU) | tosse (tawsi) |
| Portuguese (BR) | tosse (tawsew) |
| Japanese | 咳 (seki) |
| German | Husten (hoostuhn) |
| Urdu | کھانسی (kahnsee) |
| Punjabi | ਖੰਘ (kung) |
| Korean | 기침 (gicim) |
| Hebrew | לְהִשְׁתַעֵל (lheeshtahayl) |
| Greek | βήχας (bekhas) |
| Dutch | hoest (hoost) |
| Tagalog | ubo (ooboh) |
| Vietnamese | ho (haw) |
| Turkish | öksürük (erksewrerk) |
| Persian | سرفه (sohrfay) |
| Polish | kaszel (kahshel) |
| Ukrainian | кашель (kashel) |
| Bengali | কাশি (kahshee) |
| Swedish | hosta (hawstah) |
| Italian | tosse (tohssay) |
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