Le mot anglais du jour

cough

tousser

Définitions

anglais > français
cough
1. v. Tousser.
To cough is to push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy explosion.
I breathed in a load of smoke by mistake, and started to cough.
2. n. Toux.
anglais > anglais
cough
1. v. (intransitive) To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy explosion.
I breathed in a lungful of smoke by mistake, and started to cough.
2. v. (transitive, sometimes followed by "up") To force something out of the throat or lungs by coughing.
Sometimes she coughed (up) blood.
3. v. (intransitive) To make a noise like a cough.
The engine coughed and sputtered.
4. n. A sudden, usually noisy expulsion of air from the lungs, often involuntary.
Behind me, I heard a distinct, dry cough.
5. n. A condition that causes one to cough; a tendency to cough.
Sorry, I can't come to work today – I've got a nasty cough.
6. n. Used to focus attention on a following utterance, often a euphemism or an attribution of blame
He was – cough – indisposed.
français > anglais
tousser
1. v. to cough