coude

See also: coudé

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French code, cote, coute, cute, inherited from Latin cubitum, cubitus. Doublet of cubitus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kud/

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Noun

coude m (plural coudes)

1. elbow
2. (pipe fitting) elbow

Derived terms

• coude à coude
• couder
• coudière
• huile de coude
• jouer des coudes
• se serrer les coudes

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: koud

Verb

coude

1. inflection of couder:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “coude”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• douce

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Regularisation of earlier kelde, from Old Dutch *keldi, from Proto-West Germanic *kaldī. Equivalent to cout +‎ -e.

Noun

coude f

1. cold, coldness
2. cold (disease), fever

Inflection

Weak feminine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	coude	couden
accusative	coude	couden
genitive	coude, couden	couden
dative	coude, couden	couden

Alternative forms

• calde (Limburgish)

Derived terms

• wintercoude

Descendants

• Dutch: koude, kou
• Limburgish: kaadje, kaaj

Further reading

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

Middle English

Noun

coude

1. alternative form of code (“gum or cud”)