cou

See also: COU, cóu, còu, cōu, cǒu, and co'u

Catalan

Verb

cou

  1. third-person singular present indicative form of coure
  2. second-person singular imperative form of coure

French

Etymology

From Latin collum. Doublet of col.

Pronunciation

Noun

cou m (plural cous)

  1. neck

Derived terms

Further reading

Mandarin

Romanization

cou

  1. Nonstandard spelling of cǒu.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of còu.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English cū, in turn from Proto-Germanic *kūz; this comes from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws. Cognates include Middle Dutch koe, Middle French bœuf and Persian گاو‎ (gâv).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuː/

Noun

cou (plural kyne or kie)

  1. a cow

Descendants

Xerénte

Noun

cou

  1. Alternative form of kə (“water”)

References

  • Martius, Beiträge zur Ethnographie und Sprachenkunde Brasiliens

Zhuang

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /ɕou˨˦/
  • Tone numbers: cou1
  • Hyphenation: cou

Etymology 1

From Chinese 秋 (qiū).

Noun

cou (old orthography cou)

  1. autumn

Etymology 2

From Chinese 週／周 (zhōu).

Classifier

cou (old orthography cou)

  1. week

See also

Etymology 3

From Chinese 抽 (chōu).

Verb

cou (old orthography cou)

  1. to draw (lots)
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