cohort

Anglais[modifier le wikicode]

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

Singulier	Pluriel
cohort \ˈkoʊ.hɔɹt\ ou \ˈkəʊ.hɔːt\	cohorts \ˈkoʊ.hɔɹts\ ou \ˈkəʊ.hɔːts\

cohort \ˈkəʊ.hɔːt\ (Royaume-Uni), \ˈkoʊ.hɔɹt\ (États-Unis)

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)
(Statistiques) Cohorte.
- The 18-24 cohort shows a sharp increase in automobile fatalities over the proximate age groupings.
(Antiquité, Militaire) Cohorte (romaine).
- Three cohorts of men were assigned to the region.
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.