cough syrup

noun

A liquid used to ease a sore throat and possibly suppress excess coughing.

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Meanings

nouncough syrup (usually uncountable, plural cough syrups)

plural cough syrups

  1. uncountableusuallyA liquid used to ease a sore throat and possibly suppress excess coughing.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
cough medicine

Translations

Arabic أَدْوِيَةُ السُعَال
  • أَدْوِيَةُ السُعَال (ʔadwiyatu s-suʕāl)liquid used to ease a sore throat
Chinese Cantonese 咳藥水 /咳药水, 咳水
  • 咳藥水 /咳药水 (kat¹ joek⁶ seoi²)liquid used to ease a sore throat
  • 咳水 (kat¹ seoi²)liquid used to ease a sore throat
  • 止咳水liquid used to ease a sore throat
Chinese Mandarin 止咳糖漿 /止咳糖浆
  • 止咳糖漿 /止咳糖浆 (zhǐké tángjiāng)liquid used to ease a sore throat
Danish hostesaft
  • hostesaftliquid used to ease a sore throat
Finnish yskänlääke
  • yskänlääkeliquid used to ease a sore throat
French sirop contre la toux, sirop antitussif
  • sirop contre la touxliquid used to ease a sore throat
  • sirop antitussifliquid used to ease a sore throat
German Hustensaft, Hustensirup
  • Hustensaftliquid used to ease a sore throat
  • Hustensirupliquid used to ease a sore throat
Japanese 咳止めシロップ
  • 咳止めシロップ (sekitome shiroppu)liquid used to ease a sore throat
Persian شربت سرفه
  • شربت سرفه (šarbat-e sorfe)liquid used to ease a sore throat
Polish syrop na kaszel
  • syrop na kaszelliquid used to ease a sore throat
Portuguese xarope para tosse
  • xarope para tosseliquid used to ease a sore throat
Romanian sirop de tuse, antitusiv
  • sirop de tuseliquid used to ease a sore throat
  • antitusivliquid used to ease a sore throat
Russian сиро́п от ка́шля
  • сиро́п от ка́шля (siróp ot kášlja)liquid used to ease a sore throat
Spanish jarabe para la tos
  • jarabe para la tosliquid used to ease a sore throat
Swedish hostmedicin
  • hostmedicinliquid used to ease a sore throat
Turkish öksürük şurubu
  • öksürük şurubuliquid used to ease a sore throat
Cite this entry
APA

cough syrup. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cough%20syrup

MLA

“cough syrup.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cough%20syrup. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cough syrup,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cough%20syrup.

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