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coath en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • kōth (UK)
  • /kəʊθ/ (UK)
  • kōth (US)
  • /koʊθ/ (US)

Etymology

From Middle English cothe, from Old English coþu (“disease, sickness, pestilence”), from Proto-Germanic *kuþō.

Meanings

  1. (UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable) Sickness; disease; pestilence.
  2. (UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable) An attack of illness, such as swooning, pangs of childbirth, etc.
  3. (UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable) A disease affecting sheep or cattle.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
cothe alternative lexicographic
coaths Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

coed

coath en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • kōth (UK)
  • /kəʊθ/ (UK)
  • kōth (US)
  • /koʊθ/ (US)

Etymology

From Middle English cothe, from Old English coþu (“disease, sickness, pestilence”), from Proto-Germanic *kuþō.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To faint.
  2. (transitive) To give (sheep, cattle) the coe or rot.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
cothe alternative lexicographic
coaths Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
coathing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
coathed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
coathed Tense=Past lexicographic