coussin

French

Etymology

From Middle French, from later Old French coissin, from Vulgar Latin *coxīnus (“seat pad”), derived from Latin coxa (“hip, thigh”) with the suffix possibly after Latin pulvīnus (“pillow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.sɛ̃/

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Noun

coussin m (plural coussins)

1. cushion

   Near-synonym: oreiller

Derived terms

• coussin berlinois
• coussin péteur
• coussinet
• coussinette

Descendants

• → Esperanto: kuseno
  • → Ido: kuseno
• → Persian: کوسن (kusan)
• → Portuguese: coxim

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• cosinus, cousins, cuisons, cuisson, sucions

Old French

Noun

coussin oblique singular, m (oblique plural coussins, nominative singular coussins, nominative plural coussin)

1. Alternative form of coissin