cushion
English
/ˈkʊʃən/
noun
Definitions
- A soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag, used for comfort or support; for sitting on, kneeling on, resting one's head on etc.
- Something acting as a cushion, especially to absorb a shock or impact.
- (figuratively) a sufficient quantity of an intangible object (like points or minutes) to allow for some of those points, for example, to be lost without hurting one's chances for successfully completing an objective.
- (obsolete) A riotous dance, formerly common at weddings.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English cusshon derived from Old French coissin derived from Latin *coxīnus, coxa (hip, thigh, later also thigh, the hip-joint non-gloss definition).
Origin
Latin
coxa
Gloss
hip, thigh, later also thigh, the hip-joint non-gloss definition
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- coxa English
- coxalgy English
- cushionless English
- cushionlike English
- cushiony English
- pin English
- pincushion English
- thump English
- thump-cushion English
- *coxinum Latin
- *coxīnum Latin
- *coxīnus Latin
- coxa Latin
- coxalis Latin
- coxo Latin
- culcita Latin
- cōxus Latin
- thigh, coxa Latin
- Kissen German
- Kissenschlacht German
- Kopfkissen German
- Luftkissenboot German
- Nadelkissen German
- Plüschkissen German
- coscia Italian
- cuscino Italian
- coussin French
- *koḱs- Proto-Indo-European
- クッション Japanese
- cusshon Middle English
- aerchúisín Irish
- cúisín Irish
- coxarius Old Norse
- coissin Old French
- cuisse Old French
- cussin Old French
- cuixa Catalan, Valencian
- coxa Galician
- coapsă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- kussīn Old High German
- couossi Norman
- küssen Middle High German
- kofshë Albanian
- coissin Middle French
- coixa Old Portuguese
- 咕𠱸 Chinese
- coapsã Aromanian
- Chüssi Alemannic German
- cuesse Friulian
- coisin Old Occitan
- coscia Sicilian
- cuscinu Sicilian
- copsa Dalmatian
- Kisse Pennsylvania German
- Koppekisse Pennsylvania German
- Kuschen Pennsylvania German
- cosa Istriot
- coscia Corsican
- cuixa Aragonese