coqueluche
Spanish, noun/kokeˈlut͡ʃe/
coqueluche is spelled C-O-Q-U-E-L-U-C-H-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish, the 195,910th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coqueluche is a Spanish noun meaning “whooping cough” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tosferina”.
What does coqueluche mean in English?
noun
- 1
whooping cough
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tosferina. 2. Coquito.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of coqueluche
- f same meaning canonical
- coqueluches plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coqueluche?
- /kokeˈlut͡ʃe/
- [ko.keˈlu.t͡ʃe]
- [kokeˈlut͡ʃe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is coqueluche in Spanish?
coqueluche appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).