coqueluche

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French coqueluche. === Pronunciation === === Noun === coqueluche (plural coqueluches) (obsolete) A type of hood historically worn by those infected with whooping cough, to keep a warm head. == French == === Etymology === From 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 === IPA(key): /kɔ.klyʃ/ === Noun === coqueluche 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 ==== vol coqueluche (“treatment method for treating whooping cough symptoms”) === Further reading === “coqueluche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Norman == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === coqueluche f (plural coqueluches) (Jersey) whooping cough (Jersey) whelk ==== Synonyms ==== (whelk): v'lique == Portuguese == === Etymology === From French coqueluche, from Italian coccolucio, from Latin cucullus. First attested in 1840. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -uʃi, (Portugal) -uʃɨ Hyphenation: co‧que‧lu‧che === Noun === coqueluche f (plural coqueluches) (pathology) whooping cough (a contagious disease) Synonyms: pertússis, tosse convulsa (figurative, colloquial, chiefly Portugal, dated in Brazil) craze (a temporary passion for a new amusement or fashion) Synonym: febre ==== Derived terms ==== coqueluchoide === References === “coqueluche”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “coqueluche”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN === Further reading === “coqueluche”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “coqueluche”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French coqueluche. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kokeˈlut͡ʃe/ [ko.keˈlu.t͡ʃe] Rhymes: -utʃe Syllabification: co‧que‧lu‧che === Noun === coqueluche m or f same meaning (plural coqueluches) (pathology) whooping cough [from late 18th c.] Synonym: tosferina === Further reading === “coqueluche”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “coqueluche”, in Diccionario histórico de la lengua española [Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2013, →ISSN