Phrase guide

cough syrup

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A liquid used to ease a sore throat and possibly suppress excess coughing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أَدْوِيَةُ السُعَال (ʔadwiyatu s-suʕāl) — liquid used to ease a sore throat
  • Chinese Cantonese: 咳藥水 /咳药水 (kat1 joek6 seoi2) — liquid used to ease a sore throat
  • Chinese Cantonese: 咳水 (kat1 seoi2) — liquid used to ease a sore throat
  • Chinese Cantonese: 止咳水 — liquid used to ease a sore throat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 止咳糖漿 /止咳糖浆 (zhǐké tángjiāng) — liquid used to ease a sore throat
  • Danish: hostesaft — liquid used to ease a sore throat
  • Finnish: yskänlääke — liquid used to ease a sore throat
  • French: sirop contre la toux — liquid used to ease a sore throat
  • French: sirop antitussif — liquid used to ease a sore throat
  • German: Hustensaft — liquid used to ease a sore throat
  • German: Hustensirup — liquid used to ease a sore throat
  • Japanese: 咳止めシロップ (sekitome shiroppu) — liquid used to ease a sore throat
  • Navajo: dikos azeeʼ — liquid used to ease a sore throat
  • Persian: شربت سرفه (šarbat-e sorfe) — liquid used to ease a sore throat
  • Polish: syrop na kaszel — liquid used to ease a sore throat
  • Portuguese: xarope para tosse — liquid used to ease a sore throat
  • Romanian: sirop de tuse — liquid used to ease a sore throat
  • Romanian: antitusiv — liquid used to ease a sore throat
  • Russian: сиро́п от ка́шля (siróp ot kášlja) — liquid used to ease a sore throat
  • Spanish: jarabe para la tos — liquid used to ease a sore throat
  • Swedish: hostmedicin — liquid used to ease a sore throat
  • Turkish: öksürük şurubu — liquid used to ease a sore throat