toux
French
Etymology
From Old French tous, tos, from Latin tussis, tussem, from Proto-Indo-European *tud-ti-s- (“cough”), from *(s)tewd-, from *(s)tew- (“to push, hit”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tu/
audio (file) - Homophones: tous, tout
Noun
toux f (plural toux)
- cough
Derived terms
- toux grasse
- toux sèche
Related terms
- antitussif
- tousser
Further reading
- “toux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Etymology
From Old French tous, tos, from Latin tussis, tussem.
Noun
toux f (plural toux)
- (Jersey) cough
Related terms
- toûtre (“to cough”, verb)