cout

See also: coût

French

Pronunciation

Noun

cout m (plural couts)

  1. post-1990 spelling of coût

Further reading

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *kalt, from Proto-West Germanic *kald.

Adjective

cout

  1. cold
  2. coolheaded

Inflection

Adjective
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
nominative indefinite cout coude cout coude
definite coude coude
accusative indefinite couden coude cout coude
definite coude
genitive indefinite couts couder couts couder
definite couts, couden couts, couden
dative couden couder couden couden

Alternative forms

Descendants

  • Dutch: koud
    • Afrikaans: koud
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: kautu
    • Negerhollands: koud, koude, kout, kot, kou
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: kout
    • → Kwinti: kowru
    • → Saramaccan: koto
  • Limburgish: kaad
  • West Flemish: koed, kod

Further reading

  • “cout”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “cout (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
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