whoostとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• hoost
• whost (Scotland)

語源 1

From Middle English hostyn, from 古期英語 hwōstan (“to cough”), from Proto-Germanic *hwōstōną, *hwōstāną (“to cough”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷās- (“to cough”). Cognate with Scots whust (“to cough”), Saterland Frisian hoostje (“to cough”), West Frisian hoastje (“to cough”), Dutch hoesten (“to cough”), German Low German hoosten (“to cough”), Danish hoste (“to cough”), Swedish hosta (“to cough”), Icelandic hósta (“to cough”). Non-Germanic cognates include Irish casacht (“cough”) and Welsh pas (“cough”).

動詞

whoost (三人称単数 現在形 whoosts, 現在分詞 whoosting, 過去形および過去分詞形 whoosted)

1. (intransitive, dialectal) To cough.

語源 2

From Middle English host, from 古期英語 hwōsta (“a cough”), from Proto-Germanic *hwōstô (“a cough”). Cognate with German Husten (“a cough”), Alemannic German Wüeste (“a cough”), Danish hoste (“a cough”), Icelandic hósti (“a cough”).

名詞

whoost (複数形 whoosts)

1. (dialectal) A cough.

アナグラム

• how-tos, howtos, twoosh, whoots