Shiul (שיעול) means cough in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
שִׁעוּל
shiul
noun · masculine
In English
cough
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Shiul.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1שחרור האויר בבת אחת מן הריאות, תוך השמעת קול חזק.
The word Shiul is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- שִׁעוּל
- Written without vowel points
- שיעול
- Said
- shiul
- Pattern
- קִטּוּל
- Plural
- שִׁעוּלִים
- Inflections
- ר' שִׁעוּלִים; שִׁעוּל־, ר' שִׁעוּלֵי־
- Gematria
- 416
This is how Shiul is said in other languages.
- English
- cough
- Russian
- кашлять, кашлянуть
- French
- tousser
- Spanish
- toser
- German
- husten
- Yiddish
- הוסט
These words rhyme with Shiul.
These words come before and after Shiul in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Shiul.
What does Shiul (שיעול) mean in Hebrew?
Shiul (שיעול) means cough. It is said shiul, with the stress on ul.
What rhymes with Shiul (שיעול)?
Words that rhyme with Shiul (שיעול) include טיפול, בישול, מסלול, גבול, עיגול, and גידול.
Is Shiul (שיעול) masculine or feminine?
The word Shiul (שיעול) is a masculine noun, and its plural is שִׁעוּלִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שעול of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.