cohorte
cohort
noun koh-OHR-teh Rare
Origin: From Latin cohors (division of a Roman legion).
Also means
group
Usage Note
Cohorte is feminine (la cohorte) despite ending in -e, which can surprise learners. In modern usage it extends beyond its Roman military origin to epidemiology (estudio de cohortes — cohort study) and informal group reference (una cohorte de seguidores — a cohort of followers).
Examples
"Los investigadores siguieron a una cohorte de mil pacientes."
Natural Translation
The researchers followed a cohort of a thousand patients.
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