coqueluche
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French coqueluche.
Noun
editcoqueluche (plural coqueluches)
- (obsolete) A type of hood historically worn by those infected with whooping cough, to keep a warm head.
- 1896, Alphonse Mariette, French and English idioms and proverbs: with critical and historical notes[1], page 104:
- The coqueluchon or coqueluche was a kind of hood very generally worn at certain periods of the year, which seems to have given its name to the hooping-cough, because those who were attacked by that illness wore a coqueluche or monk's hood to keep their head warm.
- 1922, Francis Graham Crookshank, Influenza[2], page 73:
- […] because the sick wore a coqueluche on their heads (as a part of the treatment prescribed) certainly owes its currency to Dr. Short, but he appears to have relied upon the authority of Schenkius […]
French
editEtymology
editFrom earlier coqueluchon (“a kind of monk's cowl or hood”), from Italian coccolucio, from Latin cucullus (“hood”). Sufferers of the 1510 influenza pandemic would wear a hood resembling the coqueluchon. The spelling and/or "whooping cough" sense may have been influenced by coq (“rooster”), from the cough evoking a rooster's crow.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcoqueluche f (plural coqueluches)
- (pathology) whooping cough
- (obsolete, pathology) influenza
- (figurative) craze, bug (something that "sweeps the nation")
- (figurative) idol, star, darling
- (obsolete) coqueluche hood
Derived terms
edit- vol coqueluche (“treatment method for treating whooping cough symptoms”)
Further reading
edit- “coqueluche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
editcoqueluche f (plural coqueluches)
Synonyms
edit- (whelk): v'lique
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom French coqueluche, from Italian coccolucio, from Latin cucullus. First attested in 1840.[1]
Pronunciation
edit
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -uʃi
- Hyphenation: co‧que‧lu‧che
Noun
editcoqueluche f (plural coqueluches)
- (pathology) whooping cough (a contagious disease)
- Synonyms: pertússis, tosse convulsa
- (figurative, colloquial) craze (a temporary passion for a new amusement or fashion)
- Synonym: febre
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Sérgio Rodrigues (2011 September 22) “A coqueluche surgiu com o sentido de ‘capuz’”, in Veja (in Portuguese), Brazil, retrieved 2023-05-18
- “coqueluche”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “coqueluche”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
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