No. 9,263 in French

cou

Neck.

In a sentence

Il a mis une écharpe autour de son cou.
He put a scarf around his neck.
In this sentence, 'cou' refers to the anatomical part of the body, the neck.
Elle se tient le cou après avoir été blessée.
She is holding her neck after being injured.
Here, 'cou' again denotes the body part 'neck' and is used as the object of action.
Le cou de la bouteille est étroit.
The neck of the bottle is narrow.
In this example, 'cou' is used metaphorically to describe the narrow part of a bottle which resembles a neck.

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