Whooping cough

Noun CEFR B2

ˈhuːpɪŋ ˌkɒf

Definitions

A contagious disease of the respiratory system that usually affects children caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis, the advanced stage of which is characterised by spasms of coughing followed by a whooping sound during the intake of breath.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolcoqueluche pertusis tos convulsivatosferina

Françaiscoqueluche

DeutschKeuchhusten

32 more languages

العربيةسُعَال دِيكِيّ مرض الغشاء المخاطي التنفسي

Беларускаякоклюш ко́хлік

Catalàtos ferina

Češtinačerný kašel

Ελληνικάκοκκύτης

Esperantokokluŝo

Euskarakukutxeztul

فارسیسیاه‌سرفه

Suomihinkuyskä

Gaeilgetriuch

ગુજરાતીઉટાંટિયું

Bahasa Indonesiabatuk rejan pertusis

Íslenskakíghósti

Italianopertosse tosse canina

日本語百日咳

ქართულიყივანახველა

Қазақ тілікөкжөтел

한국어백날기침 백일해

Bahasa Melayubatuk kokol

Nederlandskinkhoest

Polskikoklusz krztusiec

Portuguêscoqueluche pertússis tosse convulsa

Românătuse convulsivă tuse măgărească

Русскийкоклюш су́дорожный ка́шель

Svenskakikhosta

Kiswahilikifaduro

తెలుగుకోరింతదగ్గు

ไทยไอกรน

Türkçeboğmaca

Українськакашлю́к коклюш

Tiếng Việtho gà

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

whooping crane whooping-crane whoopla Whoops whoops-a-daisy whoopsie

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