mucous

English

Etymology

Naturalized from Late Latin mūcōsus, from Latin mūcus. By surface analysis, muc(us) +‎ -ous = muco- +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmjuːkəs/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -uːkəs
Hyphenation: mu‧cous
Homophone: mucus

Adjective

mucous (comparative more mucous, superlative most mucous)

Pertaining to mucus
Having the qualities of mucus

Usage notes

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Translations

pertaining to mucus

Bulgarian: слизест (slizest)
Finnish: lima- (fi)
French: muqueux (fr)
Hungarian: nyálka- (hu)
Irish: ronnach (ga)
Polish: śluzowy (pl)
Romanian: mucos (ro)
Russian: сли́зистый (ru) (slízistyj)
Ukrainian: слизови́й (slyzovýj)
Volapük: slimik (vo)

having the qualities of mucus

Finnish: limainen (fi)
Hungarian: nyálkás (hu)
Irish: ronnach (ga)
Romanian: mucos (ro)
Russian: сли́зистый (ru) (slízistyj)

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