Meanings
plural whooping coughs · alternative whooping-cough · alternative hooping-cough
- countableuncountablemedicineA 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.
Synonyms: pertussis, chink cough, chin cough
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna disease of the respiratory mucous membrane
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From whooping + cough, from the characteristic-sounding cough that is a major symptom.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic سُعَال دِيكِيّ
- سُعَال دِيكِيّ (suʕāl dīkiyy)a contagious disease
Basque kukutxeztul
- kukutxeztula contagious disease
Bulgarian ко́клюш, магарешка кашлица
- ко́клюш (kókljuš)a contagious disease
- магарешка кашлица (magareška kašlica)a contagious disease
Catalan tos ferina
- tos ferinaa contagious disease
Chinese Cantonese 百日咳
- 百日咳 (baak³ jat⁶ kat¹)a contagious disease
Chinese Mandarin 百日咳
- 百日咳 (bǎirìké)a contagious disease
Czech černý kašel
- černý kašela contagious disease
Danish kighoste
- kighostea contagious disease
Dutch kinkhoest
- kinkhoesta contagious disease
Esperanto kokluŝo
- kokluŝoa contagious disease
Finnish hinkuyskä
- hinkuyskäa contagious disease
French coqueluche
- coqueluchea contagious disease
German Keuchhusten
- Keuchhustena contagious disease
Greek κοκκύτης
- κοκκύτης (kokkýtis)a contagious disease
Hindi कुक्कुर खाँसी, कुक्कुर खांसी
- कुक्कुर खाँसी (kukkur khā̃sī)a contagious disease
- कुक्कुर खांसी (kukkur khānsī)a contagious disease
Hungarian szamárköhögés
- szamárköhögésa contagious disease
Icelandic kíghósti
- kíghóstia contagious disease
Irish triuch
- triucha contagious disease
Italian tosse canina, pertosse
- tosse caninaa contagious disease
- pertossea contagious disease
Japanese 百日咳
- 百日咳a contagious disease
Korean 백일해
- 백일해 (baegilhae)a contagious disease
Lithuanian kokliušas
- kokliušasa contagious disease
Malay batuk kokol
- batuk kokola contagious disease
Māori mare tekekō, mare heihei
- mare tekekōa contagious disease
- mare heiheia contagious disease
- mate mare motua contagious disease
Norwegian Bokmål kikhoste
- kikhostea contagious disease
Persian سیاهسرفه
- سیاهسرفه (siyâh-sorfe)a contagious disease
Polish krztusiec, koklusz
- krztusieca contagious disease
- koklusza contagious disease
Portuguese coqueluche, pertússis
- coqueluchea contagious disease
- pertússisa contagious disease
- tosse convulsaa contagious disease
Romanian tuse convulsivă, tuse măgărească
- tuse convulsivăa contagious disease
- tuse măgăreascăa contagious disease
Russian коклю́ш, ко́клюш
- коклю́ш (kokljúš)a contagious disease
- ко́клюш (kókljuš)a contagious disease
- су́дорожный ка́шель (súdorožnyj kášelʹ)a contagious disease
Slovak čierny kašeľ
- čierny kašeľa contagious disease
Spanish tosferina, tos convulsiva
- tosferinaa contagious disease
- tos convulsivaa contagious disease
- coqueluchea contagious disease
- pertusisa contagious disease
Swahili kifaduro
- kifaduroa contagious disease
Swedish kikhosta
- kikhostaa contagious disease
Tagalog ubong-dalahit, tosperina
- ubong-dalahita contagious disease
- tosperinaa contagious disease
Thai ไอกรน
- ไอกรน (ai-gron)a contagious disease
Turkish boğmaca
- boğmacaa contagious disease
Ukrainian ко́клю́ш, кашлю́к
- ко́клю́ш (kókljúš)a contagious disease
- кашлю́к (kašljúk)a contagious disease
Vietnamese ho gà
- ho gàa contagious disease
Welsh y pâs
- y pâsa contagious disease
Cite this entry
whooping cough. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whooping%20cough
“whooping cough.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whooping%20cough. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whooping cough,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whooping%20cough.
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