different between sputum vs cough

English

Etymology

From New Latin, from Latin sputum (“that which is spit out, spittle”), from spuere (“to spit”).

Noun

sputum (countable and uncountable, plural sputa)

1. (physiology) Matter coughed up and expectorated from the mouth, composed of saliva and discharges from the respiratory passages such as mucus, phlegm or pus.

Translations

Further reading

• sputum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• sputum in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• sputum in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• sputum at OneLook Dictionary Search

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?spu?tum]
• Hyphenation: spu?tum

Noun

sputum n

1. sputum

Declension

Synonyms

• chrchel m
• hlen m

Further reading

• sputum in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• sputum in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sputum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?sput?m]
• Hyphenation: spu?tum

Noun

sputum (first-person possessive sputumku, second-person possessive sputummu, third-person possessive sputumnya)

1. (medicine) sputum.

   Synonyms: balgam, dahak

Further reading

• “sputum” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Etymology

From spu?.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?spu?.tum/, [?s?pu?t????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?spu.tum/, [?spu?t?um]

Noun

sp?tum n (genitive sp?t?); second declension

1. spittle

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Related terms

• sput?

Descendants

Participle

sp?tum

1. inflection of sp?tus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

References

• sputum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sputum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sputum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

From Middle English coughen, coghen, from Old English *cohhian (compare Old English cohhetan (“to shout”)), from Proto-Germanic *kuh- (“to cough”). Cognate with Dutch kuchen (“to cough”), German keuchen (“to pant”), Albanian hukat (“pant, gasp”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?f/
  • (Conservative RP) IPA^(key): /k??f/
• (General American) enPR: kôf, IPA^(key): /k?f/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) enPR: k?f, IPA^(key): /k?f/
• Rhymes: -?f
• Rhymes: -??f

Verb

cough (third-person singular simple present coughs, present participle coughing, simple past and past participle coughed)

1. (intransitive) To push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy explosion.

2. (transitive, sometimes followed by "up") To force something out of the throat or lungs by coughing.

3. (intransitive) To make a noise like a cough.

Derived terms

• cougher
• cough up

Translations

Noun

cough (plural coughs)

1. A sudden, usually noisy expulsion of air from the lungs, often involuntary.

   Behind me, I heard a distinct, dry cough.

2. 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.

3. Used to focus attention on a following utterance, often a euphemism or an attribution of blame.

   He was – cough – indisposed.

Synonyms

• (condition): tussis

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• gouch