coude
See also: coudé
French
Etymology
From Old French code, cote, coute, cute, inherited from Latin cubitum, cubitus. Doublet of cubitus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kud/
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Noun
coude m (plural coudes)
- elbow
- (pipe fitting) elbow
Derived terms
- couder
- coude à coude
- huile de coude
- se serrer les coudes
- jouer des coudes
Descendants
- Haitian Creole: koud
Verb
coude
- inflection of couder:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “coude”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- douce
Middle Dutch
Etymology
Regularisation of earlier kelde, from Old Dutch *keldi, from Proto-West Germanic *kaldī. Equivalent to cout + -e.
Noun
coude f
- cold, coldness
- cold (disease), fever
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Alternative forms
- calde (Limburgish)
Derived terms
- wintercoude
Descendants
- Dutch: koude, kou
- Limburgish: kaadje, kaaj
Further reading
- “coude”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “coude”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle English
Noun
coude
- Alternative form of code (“gum or cud”)