cohort

Anglais

Étymologie

Du latin cohors, peut-être via l’ancien français cohorte.

Nom commun

Singulier	Pluriel
cohort /ˈkəʊ.hɔːt/	cohorts /ˈkəʊ.hɔːts/

cohort /ˈkəʊ.hɔːt/

1. Cohorte.
   • Coyness and caprice have in consequence become a heritage of the sex, together with a cohort of allied weaknesses and petty deceits, that men have come to think venial, and even amiable, in women, but which they would not tolerate among themselves. — (George John Romanes, Mental Differences of Men and Women, dans Popular Science Monthly, Volume 31, juillet 1887)
   • A sin, an instant of rebellious pride of the intellect, made Lucifer and a third part of the cohort of angels fall from their glory. — (James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, chapitre III, 1916)
   • A lost dog? — Yes. No succoring cohort surges to the relief. A gang of boys, perhaps, may give chase, but assuredly not in kindness. — (Albert Payson Terhune, Lad: A Dog, chapitre VI: Lost!, 1919)
2. (Statistiques) Cohorte.
   • The 18-24 cohort shows a sharp increase in automobile fatalities over the proximate age groupings.
3. (Militaire) (Histoire) Cohorte (romaine).
   • Three cohorts of men were assigned to the region.
4. Associé.
   • He was able to plea down his sentence by revealing the names of three of his cohorts, as well as the source of the information.

Prononciation

• (États-Unis) : écouter « cohort »
• (Royaume-Uni) : /ˈkəʊ.hɔːt/
• (États-Unis) : /ˈkoʊ̯.hɔɹt/

Voir aussi

• cohort sur Wikipédia (en anglais) 

Références

• Cet article est adapté ou copié (en partie ou en totalité) de l’article du Wiktionnaire en anglais, sous licence CC-BY-SA-3.0 : cohort, mais a pu être modifié depuis.