"kous" meaning in Afrikaans

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Noun

IPA: /kœus/ Audio: LL-Q14196 (afr)-Anon1314-kous.wav Forms: kouse [plural], kousie [diminutive]
Etymology: From Dutch kous, from Middle Dutch couse, from Picard Old French cauce, from Vulgar Latin calcea, from Latin calceus. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|kous}} Dutch kous, {{inh|af|dum|couse}} Middle Dutch couse, {{der|af|fro-pic|cauce}} Picard Old French cauce, {{der|af|VL.|calcea}} Vulgar Latin calcea, {{der|af|la|calceus}} Latin calceus Head templates: {{head|af|noun|||plural|kouse|||||diminutive|kousie|||||||f2accel-form=p|f2request=1|f5accel-form=diminutive|head=}} kous (plural kouse, diminutive kousie), {{af-noun|e|kousie}} kous (plural kouse, diminutive kousie)
  1. stocking, long sock Derived forms: sykous
    Sense id: en-kous-af-noun-ZZYHdEsP Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 83 6 2 5 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 5 2 5 2 2

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "st",
            "2": "kausi",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sotho: kausi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sotho: kausi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xh",
            "2": "ikawusi",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Xhosa: ikawusi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Xhosa: ikawusi"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "nl",
        "3": "kous"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch kous",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "couse"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch couse",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "fro-pic",
        "3": "cauce"
      },
      "expansion": "Picard Old French cauce",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "calcea"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin calcea",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "calceus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin calceus",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Dutch kous, from Middle Dutch couse, from Picard Old French cauce, from Vulgar Latin calcea, from Latin calceus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kouse",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kousie",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "10": "",
        "11": "diminutive",
        "12": "kousie",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "plural",
        "6": "kouse",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "f2accel-form": "p",
        "f2request": "1",
        "f5accel-form": "diminutive",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "kous (plural kouse, diminutive kousie)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "e",
        "2": "kousie"
      },
      "expansion": "kous (plural kouse, diminutive kousie)",
      "name": "af-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Afrikaans",
  "lang_code": "af",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 6 2 5 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "85 5 2 5 2 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "sykous"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stocking, long sock"
      ],
      "id": "en-kous-af-noun-ZZYHdEsP",
      "links": [
        [
          "stocking",
          "stocking"
        ],
        [
          "sock",
          "sock"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kœus/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q14196 (afr)-Anon1314-kous.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/26/LL-Q14196_%28afr%29-Anon1314-kous.wav/LL-Q14196_%28afr%29-Anon1314-kous.wav.mp3",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "kous"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "nl:Clothing"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "sykous"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "st",
            "2": "kausi",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sotho: kausi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sotho: kausi"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "xh",
            "2": "ikawusi",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Xhosa: ikawusi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Xhosa: ikawusi"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "nl",
        "3": "kous"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch kous",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "couse"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch couse",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "fro-pic",
        "3": "cauce"
      },
      "expansion": "Picard Old French cauce",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "calcea"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin calcea",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "calceus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin calceus",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Dutch kous, from Middle Dutch couse, from Picard Old French cauce, from Vulgar Latin calcea, from Latin calceus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kouse",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kousie",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "10": "",
        "11": "diminutive",
        "12": "kousie",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "",
        "18": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "plural",
        "6": "kouse",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "f2accel-form": "p",
        "f2request": "1",
        "f5accel-form": "diminutive",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "kous (plural kouse, diminutive kousie)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "e",
        "2": "kousie"
      },
      "expansion": "kous (plural kouse, diminutive kousie)",
      "name": "af-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Afrikaans",
  "lang_code": "af",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header",
        "Afrikaans lemmas",
        "Afrikaans nouns",
        "Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch",
        "Afrikaans terms derived from Latin",
        "Afrikaans terms derived from Middle Dutch",
        "Afrikaans terms derived from Picard Old French",
        "Afrikaans terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
        "Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch",
        "Afrikaans terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stocking, long sock"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stocking",
          "stocking"
        ],
        [
          "sock",
          "sock"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kœus/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q14196 (afr)-Anon1314-kous.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/26/LL-Q14196_%28afr%29-Anon1314-kous.wav/LL-Q14196_%28afr%29-Anon1314-kous.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/26/LL-Q14196_%28afr%29-Anon1314-kous.wav/LL-Q14196_%28afr%29-Anon1314-kous.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kous"
}

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