Cough

//kɒf//

Synonyms for "cough" (57 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

11 relation types

Translations

442 translations across 174 languages.

Powered by Wiktionary

Acehnese

1 entries
  • batôk verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • hoes verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Albanian

2 entries
  • kollë noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • kollitem verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • βήξ noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • βήσσω verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Ao

1 entries
  • aket (Chungli) verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Arabic

4 entries
  • سعلة noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • سُعَال noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • سُعْلَة noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • كحبة noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)

Armenian

3 entries
  • հազ noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • հազ noun (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough)
  • հազալ verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Aromanian

3 entries
  • tusi noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • tushedzu verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • tushescu verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Assamese

2 entries
  • কহা verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • কাহা verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

3 entries
  • ܫܥܘܿܠܵܐ noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • ܫܥܵܠܵܐ noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • ܫܵܥܹܠ verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Asturian

3 entries
  • tos noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • tus noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • tusir verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • öskürtü noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • öskürək noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • öskürək noun (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough)
  • öskürmək verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Bahnar

1 entries
  • hiĕn verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Bashkir

4 entries
  • йүткерек noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • йүткерек noun (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough)
  • йүтәл noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • йүтәл noun (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough)

Basque

2 entries
  • eztul noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • eztul egin verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • ка́шаль noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • ка́шляць verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • кашляну́ць verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Bengali

1 entries
  • কাশা verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • खांसी noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)

Biatah Bidayuh

1 entries
  • ŭkŭd verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Bikol Central

2 entries
  • abo noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • abo verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Breton

1 entries
  • paz noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • ка́шлица noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • ка́шлица noun (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough)
  • ка́шлям verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • ка́шлям verb (to make a noise like a cough)

Burmese

2 entries
  • ချောင်း noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • ချောင်းဆိုး verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Buryat

2 entries
  • ханяадан noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • ханяалга noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)

Catalan

2 entries
  • tos noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • tossir verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Cebuano

2 entries
  • ubo noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • ubo verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Chamicuro

1 entries
  • e'tes̈huli noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)

Chepang

1 entries
  • स्युप् verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 咳嗽 noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • 咳嗽 verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • 咳嗽 verb (to make a noise like a cough)

Choctaw

1 entries
  • hotilhko verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Chuvash

1 entries
  • ӳсӗр verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Cornish

2 entries
  • pas noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • pasa verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • öksürik noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)

Czech

4 entries
  • kašel noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • kašel noun (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough)
  • kašlat verb (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)
  • kašlat verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Danish

4 entries
  • hoste noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • hoste noun (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough)
  • hoste verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • hoste verb (to make a noise like a cough)

Drung

1 entries
  • saq dvmat verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Dutch

4 entries
  • hoest noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • hoest noun (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough)
  • kuch noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • hoesten verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Eastern Cham

1 entries
  • ꨚꨓꨭꩀ verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • tuso noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • tusi verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • tusi verb (to make a noise like a cough)

Estonian

2 entries
  • köha noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • köhatama verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Extremaduran

2 entries
  • tossi noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • tusil verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Faroese

1 entries
  • hosta verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Finnish

4 entries
  • köh intj (used to represent the sound of a cough)
  • yskä noun (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough)
  • yskä noun (noise or sound like a cough)
  • yskähdys noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)

French

4 entries
  • toux noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • toux noun (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough)
  • tousser verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • tousser verb (to make a noise like a cough)

Friulian

2 entries
  • tos noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • tossi verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Gagauz

3 entries
  • üüsürää verb (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)
  • üüsürää verb (to cause (oneself or something) to be in a certain condition in the manner specified in sense 1.1)
  • üüsürää verb (to express (words, etc.) in the manner specified in sense 1.1)

Galician

4 entries
  • tose noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • tose noun (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough)
  • tusido noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • tusir verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Georgian

4 entries
  • დახველება noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • ხველა noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • დახველება verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • ხველა verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

German

4 entries
  • Husten noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • Husten noun (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough)
  • bëcke verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • husten verb (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)

Greek

4 entries
  • βήχας noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • βήχας noun (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough)
  • βήχω verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • βήχω verb (to make a noise like a cough)

Hawaiian

2 entries
  • kunu noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • kunu verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • שיעול \ שִׁעוּל noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • השתעל verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • השתעל verb (to make a noise like a cough)

Higaonon

1 entries
  • ubo noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)

Hiligaynon

2 entries
  • obo noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • obo verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Hindi

4 entries
  • खाँसी noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • खांसी noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • खाँसना verb (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)
  • खाँसना verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • köhögés noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • köhög verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • hósti noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • hósta verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Ido

2 entries
  • tuso noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • tusar verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Ifè

1 entries
  • wúkɔ́ verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Igbo

1 entries
  • kwa ụkwarà verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Ilocano

2 entries
  • uyek noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • aguyek verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • batuk noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • batuk noun (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough)
  • uhuk noun (noise or sound like a cough)
  • batuk verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • köhhiä verb (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)
  • köhhiä verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Interlingua

2 entries
  • tusse noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • tussir noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)

Inupiaq

1 entries
  • quqhiq verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Irish

3 entries
  • casacht noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • bí ag casacht verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • déan casacht verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Italian

4 entries
  • colpo di tosse noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • tosse noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • tosse noun (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough)
  • tossire verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Iu Mien

1 entries
  • hnopv verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Japanese

3 entries
  • noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • 咳をする verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • 咳払いをする verb (to make a noise like a cough)

Javanese

2 entries
  • watuk noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • watuk verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Jeju

2 entries
  • 지침 noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • 지침ᄒᆞ다 verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಕೆಮ್ಮು verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Kapampangan

3 entries
  • uku noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • kuku verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • uku verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • жөтел noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • жөтелу verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • vêu verb (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)

Khmer

3 entries
  • ក្អក noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • ក្អក verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • ក្អក verb (to make a noise like a cough)

Kinaray-a

2 entries
  • ubo noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • ubo verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Kituba

2 entries
  • kosola verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • kukosola verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Korean

2 entries
  • 기침 noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • 기침하다 verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Kyrgyz

3 entries
  • жөтөл noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • жөткүрүү verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • жөтөлүү verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Lao

3 entries
  • ສຽງໄອ noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • ໄອ noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • ໄອ verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Latgalian

2 entries
  • kuoss noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • kuosēt verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Latin

1 entries
  • tussiō verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Latvian

4 entries
  • klepus noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • kāss noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • klepot verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • kāsēt verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Lingala

1 entries
  • kosola verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Lithuanian

3 entries
  • kchè intj (used to represent the sound of a cough)
  • kosulys noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • kosėti verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Lolopo

1 entries
  • zil verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Lombard

2 entries
  • toss noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • tuss noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)

Louisiana Creole

1 entries
  • tousé verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Luxembourgish

2 entries
  • Houscht noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • houschten verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

1 entries
  • ᦺᦀ verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • ка́шлица noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • ка́шла verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • кашла verb (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)

Malay

2 entries
  • batuk noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • batuk verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ചുമ noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᡶᡠᠴᡳᡥᡳᠶᠠᠮᠪᡳ verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Meru

1 entries
  • kibara noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)

Mizo

1 entries
  • khuh verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Mongolian

3 entries
  • ханиад noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • ханиалга noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • ханиах verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Muak Sa-aak

1 entries
  • kʰua¹ verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Nahuatl

2 entries
  • tlatlaciztli noun (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough)
  • tlatlaci verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Navajo

1 entries
  • dikos noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)

Nepali

2 entries
  • खोकी noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • खोक्नु verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Norman

3 entries
  • toux noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • toux noun (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough)
  • toûtre verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries
  • kuxik noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • kuxîn verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • host noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • hoste noun (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough)
  • hoste verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries
  • host noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • hoste noun (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough)
  • hosta verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • hoste verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Nuosu

1 entries
  • verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Occitan

2 entries
  • tos noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • tossir verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Odia

1 entries
  • ଖାସିବା verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Old English

3 entries
  • hwōsta noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • hwōsta noun (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough)
  • hwōsan verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Old Javanese

1 entries
  • watuk noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)

Old Tupi

2 entries
  • u'u noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • u'u verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Oromo

2 entries
  • qufaa noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • qufa'uu verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • хуыфӕг noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries
  • اوكسوروك noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • اوكسوروك noun (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough)
  • اوكسورمك verb (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)
  • اوكسورمك verb (to cause (oneself or something) to be in a certain condition in the manner specified in sense 1.1)

Pacoh

3 entries
  • cahóq verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • carhoq verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • nghoq verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Pangasinan

2 entries
  • okok noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • okok verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Pennsylvania German

1 entries
  • huuschde verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Persian

4 entries
  • سرفه noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • سرفه کردن verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • سرفیدن verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • کهیدن verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Hoost noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)

Polish

4 entries
  • kaszel noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • kaszleć verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • kaszleć verb (to make a noise like a cough)
  • kaszlnąć verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • tosse noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • tosse noun (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough)
  • tossir verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • tossir verb (to make a noise like a cough)

Punjabi

2 entries
  • ਖੰਘ noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • ਖੰਘਣਾ verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Quechua

2 entries
  • uhu noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • uhuy verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Rapa Nui

1 entries
  • tumu verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Rohingya

1 entries
  • hañc verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Romanian

2 entries
  • tuse noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • tuși verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Romansch

4 entries
  • tosser verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • tuoscher verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • tuossir verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • tusser verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Russian

4 entries
  • ка́шель noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • ка́шель noun (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough)
  • ка́шлять verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • ка́шлять verb (to make a noise like a cough)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • कासते verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Sardinian

3 entries
  • tuscire verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • tussire verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • tussiri verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Scots

4 entries
  • coch noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • coch noun (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough)
  • hoast noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • coch verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • casad noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • casad noun (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough)
  • dèan casad verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • kašalj noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • kašalj noun (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough)
  • кашаљ noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • кашаљ noun (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough)

Shan

1 entries
  • ဢႆ verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • tussi noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)

Slovak

2 entries
  • kašeľ noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • kašľať verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Slovene

4 entries
  • kašelj noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • kašelj noun (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough)
  • kašljati verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • kašljati verb (to make a noise like a cough)

Somali

1 entries
  • qufacid verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Southern Altai

2 entries
  • јӧдӱлдеер verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • јӧткӱрер verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Spanish

4 entries
  • cof intj (used to represent the sound of a cough)
  • tos noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • tos noun (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough)
  • toser verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Swahili

4 entries
  • kikohozi noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • kohozi noun (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough)
  • kohoa verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • kohoa verb (to make a noise like a cough)

Swedish

4 entries
  • host intj (used to represent the sound of a cough)
  • hosta noun (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough)
  • hostning noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • hosta verb (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)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • ubo noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • umubo verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Tai Dam

1 entries
  • ꪼꪮ verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Tajik

2 entries
  • сулфа noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • сулфидан verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Tamil

2 entries
  • இருமல் noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • இருமு verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Tatar

2 entries
  • ютәл noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • ютәлләү verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Tausug

1 entries
  • ubu noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)

Telugu

2 entries
  • దగ్గు noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • దగ్గు verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Thai

4 entries
  • การไอ noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • อาการไอ noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • ไอ noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • ไอ verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Tibetan

4 entries
  • གློ noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • གློ་གྱག verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • གློ་བརྒྱབ verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • གློ་འཁོགས་པ verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • kosi noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)

Tok Pisin

3 entries
  • kus verb (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)
  • kus verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • kus verb (to make a noise like a cough)

Turkish

4 entries
  • öksürük noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • öksürük noun (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough)
  • öksürmek verb (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)
  • öksürmek verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • üsgülewük noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • üsgürmek verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Tày

2 entries
  • ay verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • ay verb (to make a noise like a cough)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • ка́шель noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • ка́шель noun (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough)
  • ка́шляти verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • ка́шляти verb (to make a noise like a cough)

Unami

3 entries
  • xùkwineokàn noun (bout of repeated coughing; medical condition that causes one to cough)
  • òxùkweokàn noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • òxukw verb (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)

Urdu

2 entries
  • کھانسی noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • کھانسنا verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • يۆتەل noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • يۆتەلمەك verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • yoʻtal noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • yoʻtalmoq verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • yo’talmoq verb (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)

Venetan

4 entries
  • tos noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • tose noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • tosar verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • toser verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • sự ho noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • ho verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • ho verb (to make a noise like a cough)

Volapük

3 entries
  • kög noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • kögön verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • kögön verb (to make a noise like a cough)

Walloon

2 entries
  • tosse noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • tossî verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Waray-Waray

1 entries
  • ubo noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)

Welsh

2 entries
  • peswch noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • pesychu verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

White Hmong

2 entries
  • hnoos noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • hnoos verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • הוסט noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • הוסטן verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Yoruba

2 entries
  • ikọ́ noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • húkọ́ verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Zazaki

4 entries
  • kığte noun (sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis, and out through the mouth)
  • fıren verb (to make a noise like a cough)
  • kuğen verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)
  • kığayen verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • ae verb (to push air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound) and out through the mouth)

Sample sentences

39 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Do you have any cough medicine?

Source: tatoeba (21838)

You should buy some cough medicine and aspirin.

Source: tatoeba (21839)

Cover your mouth when you cough, sneeze, or yawn.

Source: tatoeba (21841)

I'm sure that Ted's cough is due to smoking.

Source: tatoeba (39442)

Showing 4 of 39 available sentences.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.