coute
See also: couté, coûte, and coûté
French
Verb
coute
- first-person singular present indicative of couter
- third-person singular present indicative of couter
- first-person singular present subjunctive of couter
- third-person singular present subjunctive of couter
- second-person singular imperative of couter
Norman
Alternative forms
- kut (Sark)
Etymology
From Old French coute, code (“elbow”), from Latin cubitum, from cubō, cubāre (“lie down, recline”).
Noun
coute m (plural coutes)
- (Jersey, Guernsey, anatomy) elbow
Derived terms
- l'ver l'coute (“to drink heavily”)
Old French
Alternative forms
- code, cote, cute
Etymology
From Latin cubitum.
Noun
coute m (oblique plural coutes, nominative singular coutes, nominative plural coute)
- elbow (anatomy)
Descendants
- French: coude
- Haitian Creole: koud
- Norman: coute, kut
- Walloon: keute