"kous" meaning in Dutch

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Noun

IPA: /kɑu̯s/ Audio: Nl-kous.ogg Forms: kousen [plural], kousje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -ɑu̯s Etymology: From Middle Dutch couse, from Picard Old French cauce, from Vulgar Latin calcea, from Latin calceus. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|couse}} Middle Dutch couse, {{der|nl|fro-pic|cauce}} Picard Old French cauce, {{der|nl|VL.|calcea}} Vulgar Latin calcea, {{der|nl|la|calceus}} Latin calceus Head templates: {{nl-noun|f|-en|+}} kous f (plural kousen, diminutive kousje n)
  1. stocking, long sock Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-kous-nl-noun-ZZYHdEsP Categories (other): Clothing Disambiguation of Clothing: 33 3 33 6 25
  2. (Belgium, Suriname) sock Tags: Belgium, Suriname, feminine Synonyms: sok
    Sense id: en-kous-nl-noun-Bu~jf16Y Categories (other): Belgian Dutch, Surinamese Dutch, Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 13 51 30 3 3
  3. mantle (incandescent covering of a heat source) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-kous-nl-noun-Tx08l5zs Categories (other): Clothing Disambiguation of Clothing: 33 3 33 6 25
  4. (Suriname) condom Tags: Suriname, feminine Synonyms: condoom
    Sense id: en-kous-nl-noun-0x-bDMH9 Categories (other): Surinamese Dutch
  5. (obsolete, in the plural) trousers, pants Tags: feminine, in-plural, obsolete
    Sense id: en-kous-nl-noun-Ts~onAsI Categories (other): Clothing Disambiguation of Clothing: 33 3 33 6 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: babbelkous, de kous is af, kletskous, kniekous, kousenband, krimpkous, kwebbelkous, netkous, nylonkous, zeurkous

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "babbelkous"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "de kous is af"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kletskous"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kniekous"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kousenband"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "krimpkous"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kwebbelkous"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "netkous"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "nylonkous"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "zeurkous"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Sotho",
          "lang_code": "st",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "kausi"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Xhosa",
          "lang_code": "xh",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "ikawusi"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "lang_code": "af",
      "word": "kous"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Berbice Creole Dutch",
      "lang_code": "brc",
      "word": "kausu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Negerhollands",
      "lang_code": "dcr",
      "word": "koussen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Negerhollands",
      "lang_code": "dcr",
      "word": "kous"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Lokono",
      "lang_code": "arw",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kauso"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Caribbean Javanese",
      "lang_code": "jvn",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kaos"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kovs"
    },
    {
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Kausch"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Gusilay",
      "lang_code": "gsl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "ekawaas"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Gusilay",
      "lang_code": "gsl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "gakawaas"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kaus"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Mandinka",
      "lang_code": "mnk",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kàwáasí"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kause"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kausza"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "kouš",
      "word": "коуш"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Aukan",
          "lang_code": "djk",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "kowsu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Caribbean Hindustani",
          "lang_code": "hns",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "kausu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Kari'na",
          "lang_code": "car",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "kosu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Saramaccan",
          "lang_code": "srm",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "köúsa"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
      "lang_code": "srn",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kowsu"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "lang_code": "fi",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "kaussi"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed",
        "uncertain"
      ],
      "word": "kaus"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Wolof",
      "lang_code": "wo",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kawas"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "couse"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch couse",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "fro-pic",
        "3": "cauce"
      },
      "expansion": "Picard Old French cauce",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "calcea"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin calcea",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "calceus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin calceus",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch couse, from Picard Old French cauce, from Vulgar Latin calcea, from Latin calceus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kousen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kousje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "-en",
        "3": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "kous f (plural kousen, diminutive kousje n)",
      "name": "nl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "kous"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 3 33 6 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nl",
          "name": "Clothing",
          "orig": "nl:Clothing",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stocking, long sock"
      ],
      "id": "en-kous-nl-noun-ZZYHdEsP",
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        [
          "stocking",
          "stocking"
        ],
        [
          "sock",
          "sock"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Belgian Dutch",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Surinamese Dutch",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 51 30 3 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "sock"
      ],
      "id": "en-kous-nl-noun-Bu~jf16Y",
      "links": [
        [
          "sock",
          "sock"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Belgium, Suriname) sock"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sok"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Belgium",
        "Suriname",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 3 33 6 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nl",
          "name": "Clothing",
          "orig": "nl:Clothing",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mantle (incandescent covering of a heat source)"
      ],
      "id": "en-kous-nl-noun-Tx08l5zs",
      "links": [
        [
          "mantle",
          "mantle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Surinamese Dutch",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "condom"
      ],
      "id": "en-kous-nl-noun-0x-bDMH9",
      "links": [
        [
          "condom",
          "condom"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Suriname) condom"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "condoom"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Suriname",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "33 3 33 6 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "nl",
          "name": "Clothing",
          "orig": "nl:Clothing",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "trousers, pants"
      ],
      "id": "en-kous-nl-noun-Ts~onAsI",
      "links": [
        [
          "trousers",
          "trousers"
        ],
        [
          "pants",
          "pants"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, in the plural) trousers, pants"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "in-plural",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɑu̯s/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-kous.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/de/Nl-kous.ogg/Nl-kous.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Nl-kous.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑu̯s"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kous"
}
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    "Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
    "Dutch feminine nouns",
    "Dutch lemmas",
    "Dutch nouns",
    "Dutch nouns with plural in -en",
    "Dutch terms derived from Latin",
    "Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch",
    "Dutch terms derived from Picard Old French",
    "Dutch terms derived from Vulgar Latin",
    "Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/ɑu̯s",
    "nl:Clothing"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "babbelkous"
    },
    {
      "word": "de kous is af"
    },
    {
      "word": "kletskous"
    },
    {
      "word": "kniekous"
    },
    {
      "word": "kousenband"
    },
    {
      "word": "krimpkous"
    },
    {
      "word": "kwebbelkous"
    },
    {
      "word": "netkous"
    },
    {
      "word": "nylonkous"
    },
    {
      "word": "zeurkous"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Sotho",
          "lang_code": "st",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "kausi"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Xhosa",
          "lang_code": "xh",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "ikawusi"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "lang_code": "af",
      "word": "kous"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Berbice Creole Dutch",
      "lang_code": "brc",
      "word": "kausu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Negerhollands",
      "lang_code": "dcr",
      "word": "koussen"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Negerhollands",
      "lang_code": "dcr",
      "word": "kous"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Lokono",
      "lang_code": "arw",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kauso"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Caribbean Javanese",
      "lang_code": "jvn",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kaos"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kovs"
    },
    {
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Kausch"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Gusilay",
      "lang_code": "gsl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "ekawaas"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Gusilay",
      "lang_code": "gsl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "gakawaas"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kaus"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Mandinka",
      "lang_code": "mnk",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kàwáasí"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kause"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kausza"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "kouš",
      "word": "коуш"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Aukan",
          "lang_code": "djk",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "kowsu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Caribbean Hindustani",
          "lang_code": "hns",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "kausu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Kari'na",
          "lang_code": "car",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "kosu"
        },
        {
          "lang": "Saramaccan",
          "lang_code": "srm",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "köúsa"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
      "lang_code": "srn",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kowsu"
    },
    {
      "descendants": [
        {
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "lang_code": "fi",
          "raw_tags": [
            "borrowed"
          ],
          "word": "kaussi"
        }
      ],
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed",
        "uncertain"
      ],
      "word": "kaus"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Wolof",
      "lang_code": "wo",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "kawas"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "dum",
        "3": "couse"
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      "expansion": "Middle Dutch couse",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "fro-pic",
        "3": "cauce"
      },
      "expansion": "Picard Old French cauce",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "VL.",
        "3": "calcea"
      },
      "expansion": "Vulgar Latin calcea",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "calceus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin calceus",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch couse, from Picard Old French cauce, from Vulgar Latin calcea, from Latin calceus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kousen",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kousje",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
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        "3": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "kous f (plural kousen, diminutive kousje n)",
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "kous"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "stocking, long sock"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stocking",
          "stocking"
        ],
        [
          "sock",
          "sock"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Belgian Dutch",
        "Surinamese Dutch"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sock"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sock",
          "sock"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Belgium, Suriname) sock"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sok"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Belgium",
        "Suriname",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mantle (incandescent covering of a heat source)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mantle",
          "mantle"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Surinamese Dutch"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "condom"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "condom",
          "condom"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Suriname) condom"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "condoom"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Suriname",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "trousers, pants"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "trousers",
          "trousers"
        ],
        [
          "pants",
          "pants"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, in the plural) trousers, pants"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "in-plural",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɑu̯s/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-kous.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/de/Nl-kous.ogg/Nl-kous.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Nl-kous.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑu̯s"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kous"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Dutch dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-12-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-12-02 using wiktextract (6fdc867 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.