hoqueter

Betekenis (Engels)

to hiccup

Sinonieme

avoir le hoquet

parler de façon saccadée

avoir hoquet

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ɔk.te/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

Inherited from Middle French hoqueter, *icqueter, probably of Germanic origin, ultimately onomatopoeic. Compare Old Norse hixta (“to hiccup”), Middle High German heschezen, heschitzen (“to gulp, burp, sob”), Middle Dutch hicken (“to hiccup”), obsolete English hicket, hyckock (“hiccup”). More at hiccup.

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