Dictionary

cough en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (General-American) audio
• kôf (General-American)
• /kɑʔf/ Dublin
• /kɔf/ (General-American)
• /kɑf/ (cot-caught-merger)
• /kɔf/ (South-Asia)
• /kɔːf/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• kŏf (cot-caught-merger)
• /kəf/ (South-Asia)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /kɒf/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Middle English coughen, coghen (“to cough; to vomit”) [and other forms], from Old English *cohhian (compare Old English cohhetan (“to bluster; to riot; to cough (?)”)), from Proto-West Germanic *kuh- (“to cough”), ultimately of onomatopoeic origin. Cognates * Middle Dutch cuchen (“to cough”) (modern Dutch kuchen (“to cough”); German Low German kuchen (“to cough”)) * Middle High German kûchen (“to breathe (on); to exhale”), kîchen (“to breathe with difficulty”) (modern German keichen, keuchen (“to breathe with difficulty; to gasp, pant”)) * Spanish cof (“coughing sound”) * West Frisian kiche (“to cough”), kochelje (“to cough persistently”)

Meanings

1. (transitive) Sometimes followed by up: to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth.
   • Jeeves coughed one soft, low, gentle cough like a sheep with a blade of grass stuck in its throat, and then stood gazing serenely at the landscape. 1923 May 17, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “The Great Sermon Handicap”, in The Inimitable Jeeves, Harmondsworth, Middlesex [London]: Penguin Books, published 1979, →ISBN, page 139:
   • Sometimes she coughed up blood.
2. (transitive) To cause (oneself or something) to be in a certain condition in the manner described in etymology 1 sense 1.1.
   • He almost coughed himself into a fit.
3. (transitive) To express (words, etc.) in the manner described in etymology 1 sense 1.1.
   • No ſtationary ſteeds / Cough their ovvn knell, vvhile heedleſs of the ſound / The ſilent circle fan themſelves, and quake. 1785, William Cowper, “Book IV. The Winter Evening.”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC, pages 144–145:
4. (figuratively, transitive) To surrender (information); to confess.
5. (figuratively, slang, transitive) Chiefly followed by up: to give up or hand over (something); especially, to pay up (money).
   • "Parsloe, will you or will you not cough up that pig?" / "I have not got your pig." 1929 March–August, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “A Job for Percy Pilbeam”, in Summer Lightning, 1st UK edition, London: Herbert Jenkins […], published 19 July 1929, →OCLC, section II, page 148:
   • By the time you get back the men will all be striking out for the fire, and we'll break for the house and collar the dollars. Everybody cough up what matches he's got. 1909 April, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “Whistling Dick’s Christmas Stocking”, in Roads of Destiny, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, →OCLC, page 324:
   • Thanks to Jeeves I was not going to be called on to cough up several thousand quid. 1923 May 17, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC, page 40:
6. (intransitive) To push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth, usually to expel something blocking or irritating the airway.
   • I drew a deep breath, and a moment later wished I hadn't, because I drew it while drinking the remains of my gin and tonic. “Does Kipper know of this?“ I said, when I had finished coughing. 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XI, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
   • Leave procreants alone, and ſhut the dore, / Coffe, or cry hem, if any body come, […] c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. […] (First Quarto), London: […] N[icholas] O[kes] for Thomas Walkley, […], published 1622, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii], page 70:
   • But often, when thy face [i.e., that of a horse] is turned from the stable, thou hast an unaccountable desire to place it in the position occupied by thy tail: thou stoppest, coughest, shyest, and erst, with swift detorsion, turnest round, then, with sidelong glance of my magic caduceus, ominously wagging between the horizon and thy ample sides, I incite thee on, but rarely does thy pace more than trot, from home. 1835 January 23 (date written), Frederic James Post, “A Discourse Touching Rides and Riding”, in Extracts from the Diary and Other Manuscripts of the Late Frederic James Post, of Islington. […], London: […] [James Moyes] for private circulation, published 1838, →OCLC, pages 331–332:
   • "But it is unfortunate—you find me at the moment—" and he stopped short and coughed. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXXI, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 246:
   • Tossivi / Tu tossais / Thou coughedst [[1840], A[ngelo] Renzi, “Verbi. Verbes. Verbs.”, in Le polyglotte improvisé, ou l’art d’écrire les langues sans les appendre. […] [The Improvised Polyglot, or The Art of Writing Languages without Learning Them. […]], Paris: Chez l‘auteur, […]; Chez Baudry, […], et Chez les Principaux Libraries, →OCLC, page 498:
   • "Did your lordship's servant see Simon Glover and his daughter?" said Henry, struggling for breath, and coughing, to conceal from the Provost the excess of his agitation. 1828 May 15, [Walter Scott], chapter X, in Chronicles of the Canongate. Second Series. […] (The Fair Maid of Perth), volume III, Edinburgh: […] [Ballantyne and Co.] for Cadell and Co.; London: Simpkin and Marshall, →OCLC, page 259:
   • Yet notwithſtandyng all this geare, / thou cougheſt ſtill, perdy / Ye are a craftie knaue, you cough / to fare deliciouſly. 1577, Martial, “Epigrammes out of Martial. [To Parthenope.]”, in Timothe Kendall, transl., Flowers of Epigrammes […], [Manchester]: […] [Charles Simms] for the Spenser Society, published 1874, →OCLC, pages 56–57:
   • After this he fell a-coughing violently, and Stanbury thought it better to leave him. 1869 May, Anthony Trollope, “Trevelyan Discourses on Life”, in He Knew He Was Right, volume II, London: Strahan and Company, […], →OCLC, page 336:
   • I breathed in a lungful of smoke by mistake, and started to cough.
7. (intransitive) To make a noise like a cough.
   • Wake up, by-and-by, and look to see what done it, and maybe see a steamboat, coughing along up stream, so far off towards the other side you couldn't tell nothing about her only whether she was stern-wheel or side-wheel; then for about an hour there wouldn't be nothing to hear nor nothing to see—just solid lonesomeness. 1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XIX, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC, pages 169–170:
   • The engine coughed and sputtered.
8. (intransitive, slang) To surrender information; to confess, to spill the beans.

Forms

Deriveds

coughing · coughingly · cough out · cough up · cougher · cough down · cough over

Translations (252)

km ក្អក (to make a noise like a cough) · uk ка́шляти (to make a noise like a cough) · aii ܫܵܥܹܠ (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · ky жөтөлүү (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · ktu kukosola (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · lv klepot (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · rap tumu (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · pac cahóq (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · ja 咳払いをする (to make a noise like a cough) · gd dèan casad (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · ln kosola (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · bo གློ་འཁོགས་པ (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · be ка́шляць (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · ka ხველა (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · fo hosta (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · shn ဢႆ (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · ky жөткүрүү (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · ary كح (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · pl kaszleć (to make a noise like a cough) · bdq hiĕn (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · vec tosir (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · sc tuscire (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · pl kaszlnąć (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · haw kunu (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · ife wúkɔ́ (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · is hósta (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · sk kašľať (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · nl kuchen (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · tyz ay (to make a noise like a cough) · rm tusser (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · lv kāsēt (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · ru ка́шлять (to make a noise like a cough) · acw كَحّ (to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth) · zza kığayen (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · pam kuku (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · fr tousser (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · rup tushedzu (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · mk ка́шла (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · alt јӧткӱрер (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · io tusar (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · jje 지침ᄒᆞ다 (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · ltg kuosēt (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · az öskürmək (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · tpi kus (to make a noise like a cough) · cy pesychu (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · jv watuk (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · ang hwōsan (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · wa tossî (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · bg ка́шлям (to make a noise like a cough) · za ae (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · sq kollitem (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · nrf toûtre (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · ja 咳をする (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · hi खांसना (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · ilo aguyek (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · vo kögön (to make a noise like a cough) · ktu kosola (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · blt ꪼꪮ (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · tk üsgürmek (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · so qufacid (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · vec toser (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · pl kaszleć (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · da hoste (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · gl tusir (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · pam uku (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · ota اوكسورمك (to cause (oneself or something) to be in a certain condition in the manner specified in sense 1.1) · fi yskiä (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · hi खाँसना (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · he השתעל (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · nl hoesten (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · sh kašljati (to make a noise like a cough) · kix vêu (to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth) · cdm स्युप् (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · ukk kʰua¹ (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · ca tossir (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · tpi kus (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · id batuk (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · hy հազալ (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · el βήχω (to make a noise like a cough) · cs kašlat (to make a noise like a cough) · ace batôk (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · fi köhiä (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · tr öksürmek (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · izh köhhiä (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · it tossire (to make a noise like a cough) · oc tossir (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · ru кашляну́ть (to make a noise like a cough) · ru выка́шливать (to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth) · ar سَعَلَ (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · uz yo’talmoq (to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth) · et köhatama (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · th ไอ (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · srn koso (to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth) · fi yskiä (to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth) · ug يۆتەلمەك (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · vo kögön (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · sw -kohoa (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · kn ಕೆಮ್ಮು (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · vi ho (to make a noise like a cough) · pac nghoq (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · zza kığen (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · fi yskiä (to make a noise like a cough) · lou tousé (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · fi kakoa (to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth) · gsw bëcke (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · eo tusi (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · sv hosta (to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth) · khb ᦺᦀ (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · it tossire (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · ar سَعَلَ (to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth) · vi ho (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · tpw u'u (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · be кашляну́ць (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · bg ка́шлям (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · gag üüsürää (to cause (oneself or something) to be in a certain condition in the manner specified in sense 1.1) · sc tussire (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · bo གློ་བརྒྱབ (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · ar كَحَّ (to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth) · pdc huuschde (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · tg сулфидан (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · ycl zil (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · bo གློ་གྱག (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · he השתעל (to make a noise like a cough) · yi הוסטן (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · lb houschten (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · bn কাশা (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · rup tushescu (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · vec tosar (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · ur کھان٘سنا (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · lo ໄອ (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · ceb ubo (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · ast tusir (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · ii ꊫ (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · bcl abo (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · cmn 咳嗽 (to make a noise like a cough) · bth ŭkŭd (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · sco coch (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · fa سرفه کردن (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · cs kašlat (to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth) · km ក្អក (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · as কহা (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · sh ка̀шљати (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · mww hnoos (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · ig kwa ụkwarà (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · pt tossir (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · grc βήσσω (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · kk жөтелу (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · cv ӳсӗр (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · pag okok (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · ka დახველება (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · rm tussir (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · de husten (to make a noise like a cough) · rm tuossir (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · sl kašljati (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · fa کهیدن (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · sco coch (to make a noise like a cough) · kmr kuxîn (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · yue 咳 (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · uk кашляну́ти (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · eu eztul egin (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · af hoes (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · ga déan casacht (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · cjm ꨚꨓꨭꩀ (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · sa कासते (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · ru вы́кашлять (to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth) · ne खोक्नु (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · fi yskiä (to cause (oneself or something) to be in a certain condition in the manner specified in sense 1.1) · qu uhuy (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · pt tossir (to make a noise like a cough) · gag üüsürää (to express (words, etc.) in the manner specified in sense 1.1) · fr tousser (to make a noise like a cough) · duu saq dvmat (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · krj ubo (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · arz كاح (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · tyz ay (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · de husten (to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth) · sv hosta (to make a noise like a cough) · ium hnopv (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · ary سعل (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · sl kašljati (to make a noise like a cough) · ota اوكسورمك (to express (words, etc.) in the manner specified in sense 1.1) · cmn 咳嗽 (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · tt ютәлләү (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · nah tlatlaci (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · cho hotilhko (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · ru кашляну́ть (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · sc tussiri (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · njo-jgl aket (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · rm tosser (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · or ଖାସିବା (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · cs kašlat (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · mk кашла (to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth) · te దగ్గు (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · tl umubo (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · sv hosta (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · sw -kohoa (to make a noise like a cough) · rhg hañc (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · ba йүткереү (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · fa سرفیدن (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · mn ханиах (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · la tussiō (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · tr öksürmek (to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth) · fur tossi (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · ro tuși (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · uk ка́шляти (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · hil obo (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · ik quqhiq- (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · eo tusi (to make a noise like a cough) · zza kuğen (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · gag üüsürää (to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth) · ary كحب (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · pac carhoq (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · es toser (to make a noise like a cough) · ga bí ag casacht (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · el βήχω (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · my ချောင်းဆိုး (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · es toser (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · lt kosėti (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · nn hoste (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · uz yoʻtalmoq (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · as কাহা (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · da hoste (to make a noise like a cough) · ext tusil (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · nb hoste (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · izh köhhiä (to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth) · rm tuoscher (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · hu köhög (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · kw pasa (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · sh kàšljati (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · ta இருமு (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · ab а́имҳәара (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · ru ка́шлять (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · zza kuxayiş (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · sh кашљати (to make a noise like a cough) · tpi kus (to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth) · alt јӧдӱлдеер (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · hi खाँसना (to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth) · gl tusir (to make a noise like a cough) · ko 기침하다 (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · ota اوكسورمك (to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth) · de husten (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · yo húkọ́ (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · ur کھان٘سنا (to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth) · om qufa'uu (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · lus khuh (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · ms batuk (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · zza fıren (to make a noise like a cough) · mnc ᡶᡠᠴᡳᡥᡳᠶᠠᠮᠪᡳ (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · fi kakaista (to express (words, etc.) in the manner specified in sense 1.1) · pa ਖੰਘਣਾ (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth) · unm òxukw (to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth) · nn hosta (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

cough en · INTJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (General-American) audio
• kôf (General-American)
• /kɑʔf/ Dublin
• /kɔf/ (General-American)
• /kɑf/ (cot-caught-merger)
• /kɔf/ (South-Asia)
• /kɔːf/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• kŏf (cot-caught-merger)
• /kəf/ (South-Asia)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /kɒf/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

The noun is derived from Middle English cough (“a cough; illness causing coughing”) [and other forms], from coughen (verb): see etymology 1. The interjection is probably derived from the noun.

Meanings

1. Used to represent the sound of a cough (noun sense 1), especially when focusing attention on a following utterance, often an attribution of blame or a euphemism: ahem.
   • He was—cough—indisposed.

Translations (7)

ru кхе (used to represent the sound of a cough) · ru кхм (used to represent the sound of a cough) · es cof (used to represent the sound of a cough) · ru кха (used to represent the sound of a cough) · lt kchè (used to represent the sound of a cough) · sv host (used to represent the sound of a cough) · fi köh (used to represent the sound of a cough)

cough en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (General-American) audio
• kôf (General-American)
• /kɑʔf/ Dublin
• /kɔf/ (General-American)
• /kɑf/ (cot-caught-merger)
• /kɔf/ (South-Asia)
• /kɔːf/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• kŏf (cot-caught-merger)
• /kəf/ (South-Asia)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /kɒf/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

The noun is derived from Middle English cough (“a cough; illness causing coughing”) [and other forms], from coughen (verb): see etymology 1. The interjection is probably derived from the noun.

Meanings

1. A sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth.
   • The lumpiſh husband ſnoar'd avvay the night, / Till coughs avvak'd him near the morning light. 1709, Alexander Pope, “January and May; or, The Merchant’s Tale, from Chaucer”, in The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintot, […], published 1717, →OCLC, page 223:
   • Behind me, I heard a distinct, dry cough.
   • One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.” He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis and another boy interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable. 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 26:
   • Dwining ventured to give a low cough once or twice, by way of signal; […] 1828 May 15, [Walter Scott], chapter I, in Chronicles of the Canongate. Second Series. […] (The Fair Maid of Perth), volume III, Edinburgh: […] [Ballantyne and Co.] for Cadell and Co.; London: Simpkin and Marshall, →OCLC, page 12:
   • [I]t conduceth helpe to the crudities, humidities, and vvindineſſe of the ſtomacke and belly, and to helpe the ſhortneſſe of breath and coughes: […] 1640, John Parkinson, “Cyperus dulcis rotundus esculentus, Trasi dulce vocatus. The Most Delicate Sweet Cyperus, or Rush Nut.”, in Theatrum Botanicum: The Theater of Plants. Or, An Herball of a Large Extent: […], London: […] Tho[mas] Cotes, →OCLC, page 148:
   • Jeeves coughed one soft, low, gentle cough like a sheep with a blade of grass stuck in its throat, and then stood gazing serenely at the landscape. 1923 May 17, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC, page 139:
2. A bout of repeated coughing (verb etymology 1 sense 2.1); also, a medical condition that causes one to cough.
   • whooping cough
   • Cough! you don't need to tell me about a cough. I've always been subject to a cough, all my days. […] O! Eva's cough is not anything. 1851 June – 1852 April, Harriet Beecher Stowe, “Foreshadowings”, in Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly, volume II, Boston, Mass.: John P[unchard] Jewett & Company; Cleveland, Oh.: Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, published 20 March 1852, →OCLC, page 81:
   • [John] Fal[staff]. VVhat diſeaſe haſt thou? / [Peter] Bul[lcaff]. A horſon cold ſir, a cough ſir, vvhich I cought vvith ringing in the Kings affaires vpon his coronation day ſir. c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henrie the Fourth, […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
   • Sorry, I can’t come to work today—I’ve got a nasty cough.
3. (figuratively) A noise or sound like a cough (etymology 2, noun sense 1).
4. A vocalisation from a bird or other animal resembling a human cough.

Forms

Deriveds

cough syncope · cough attack · cough test · cough pill · cough reliever · hiccough · soften someone's cough · cough lozenge · cough button · coughy · cough lolly · cough drug · Holocough · cough muscle · cough medicine · cough drop · upper airway cough syndrome · cough candy · cough and a spit · cough fracture · cough capsule · cough mixture · cough remedy · cough tablet · cough preparation · cough tea · cough sweet · cough reflex · cough linctus · cough impulse · cough expectorant · cough suppressant · cough syrup

Hyponyms

non-productive cough · persistent cough · staccato cough · habit cough · tickly cough · chink cough · spasmodic cough · tracheal cough · churchyard cough · retching cough · kennel cough · choking cough · snough · loose cough · chin cough · dry cough · nasty cough · miner's cough · whooping cough · anticough · vampire cough · barking cough · nervous cough · effective cough · coughless · hacking cough · smoker's cough · hooping cough · coughwort · bitonal cough · chesty cough · obstinate cough · croupy cough · tickling cough · single cough · congested cough · tooth cough · paroxysmal cough · lingering cough · Khumbu cough · wet cough · spicy cough · blood cough · productive cough · trouser cough

Synonyms

tussis

Translations (197)

ru ка́шель (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough) · ms batuk (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · ba йүткерек (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · sco coch (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough) · alt јӧтӱл (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · ur کھانسی (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · nb host (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · fr toux (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · lmo tuss (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · tpw u'u (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · it tosse (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · sk kašeľ (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · hu köhögés (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · sco coch (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · ja 咳 (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · ar سُعَال (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · sv hosta (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough) · bo གློ (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · nn host (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · ne खोकी (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · cmn 咳嗽 (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · rup tusi (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · th อาการไอ (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · war ubo (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · vo kög (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · be ка́шаль (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · uk ка́шель (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough) · tt ютәл (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · tr öksürük (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough) · kmr kuxik (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · krj ubo (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · pdt Hoost (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · lv klepus (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · el βήχας (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough) · ang hwōsta (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough) · az öskürək (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough) · ba йүткерек (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough) · tsg ubu (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · unm xùkwineokàn (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough) · sh кашаљ (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · pa ਖੰਘ (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · tl ubo (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · id batuk (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · cs kašel (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough) · ilo uyek (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · ary كحة (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · arz كحة (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · ar سُعْلَة (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · fa سرفه (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · oc tos (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · alt јӧтӱл (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough) · lo ໄອ (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · hi खाँसी (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · bcl abo (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · sw kohozi (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough) · jv watuk (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · ltg kuoss (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · tg сулфа (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · nl kuch (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · id batuk (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough) · uz yoʻtal (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · kw pas (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · bua ханяалга (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · jje 지침 (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · ota اوكسوروك (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough) · ky жөтөл (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · it tosse (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough) · uk ка́шель (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · vec tose (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · lmo toss (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · mn ханиалга (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · la tussis (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · te దగ్గు (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · th การไอ (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · mk ка́шлица (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · ga casacht (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · nb hoste (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough) · gd casad (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · sl kašelj (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · gd casad (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough) · hy հազ (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · ba йүтәл (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · sh kašalj (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough) · hy հազ (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough) · es tos (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · io tuso (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · yi הוסט (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · crh öksürik (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · qu uhu (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · pag okok (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · txb kosi (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · da hoste (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · ast tus (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · nv dikos (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · alt јӧдӱл (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · fur tos (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · acw كحة (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · mww hnoos (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · os хуыфӕг (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · fi yskäisy (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · nl hoest (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · pt tosse (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough) · aii ܫܥܘܿܠܵܐ (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · grc βήξ (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · sh кашаљ (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough) · km ក្អក (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · nah tlatlaciztli (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough) · unm òxùkweokàn (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · sv hostning (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · es tos (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough) · sco hoast (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · ca tos (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · hi खांसी (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · ba йүтәл (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough) · kk жөтел (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · ia tusse (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · wa tosse (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · pl kaszel (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · az öskürtü (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · om qufaa (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · aii ܫܥܵܠܵܐ (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · it colpo di tosse (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · sl kašelj (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough) · ast tos (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · ru ка́шель (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · eu eztul (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · bg ка́шлица (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · et köha (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · hil obo (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · mer kibara (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · ro tuse (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · id uhuk (noise or sound like a cough) · pt tosse (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · ka ხველა (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · ta இருமல் (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · pam uku (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · nl hoest (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough) · de Husten (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough) · fr toux (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough) · alt јӧткӱр (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough) · ug يۆتەل (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · ary كحبة (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · mn ханиад (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · de Husten (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · is hósti (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · gl tose (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough) · ka დახველება (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · lt kosulys (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · ko 기침 (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · vec tos (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · ml ചുമ (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · gl tusido (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · sw kikohozi (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · haw kunu (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · tk üsgülewük (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · cs kašel (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · ota اوكسوروك (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · he שיעול \ שִׁעוּל (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · el βήχας (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · alt јӧдӱл (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough) · kaw watuk (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · cy peswch (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · ceb ubo (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · scn tussi (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · az öskürək (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · ar كُحَّة (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · fi yskä (noise or sound like a cough) · da hoste (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough) · nrf toux (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · gl tose (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · th ไอ (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · nn hoste (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough) · fi yskä (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough) · alt јӧткӱр (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · mba ubo (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · my ချောင်း (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · sq kollë (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · vi sự ho (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · bho खांसी (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · lv kāss (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · lo ສຽງໄອ (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · sh kašalj (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · fi yskähdys (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · ccc e'tes̈huli (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · ia tussir (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · ary سعلة (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · zza kığte (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · ang hwōsta (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · nrf toux (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough) · lb Houscht (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · yo ikọ́ (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · eo tuso (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · br paz (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · tr öksürük (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · ext tossi (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth) · bg ка́шлица (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough) · bua ханяадан (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)