Phrase guide

cough medicine

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • rhymes with -ɛd(ɪ)s(ɪ)n
  • rhymes with -ɛdəs(ə)n

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noun

Meaning 1

A medication or medicine used to treat those people with coughing and related conditions, usually in liquid or syrup form.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: yskänlääke — medication or medicine used to treat those people with coughing and related conditions
  • German: Antitussivum — medication or medicine used to treat those people with coughing and related conditions
  • German: Hustenarznei — medication or medicine used to treat those people with coughing and related conditions
  • German: Hustenmedikament — medication or medicine used to treat those people with coughing and related conditions
  • German: Hustenmedizin — medication or medicine used to treat those people with coughing and related conditions
  • German: Hustenmittel — medication or medicine used to treat those people with coughing and related conditions
  • Greek: αντιβηχικός (antivichikós) — medication or medicine used to treat those people with coughing and related conditions
  • Swedish: hostmedicin — medication or medicine used to treat those people with coughing and related conditions
  • Turkish: öksürük ilacı — medication or medicine used to treat those people with coughing and related conditions