cocarde

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English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French cocarde.

Noun

cocarde (plural cocardes)

  1. (aviation) Alternative form of cockade, an emblem on an airplane's wing indicating its nationality.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: co‧car‧de

Noun

cocarde f (plural cocardes or cocarden, diminutive cocardetje n)

  1. superseded spelling of kokarde

French

cocarde tricolore

Etymology

From coq (“cock, rooster”) +‎ -ard, reference to the animal's plumage.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ.kaʁd/
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Noun

cocarde f (plural cocardes)

  1. rosette
  2. cockade (rosette or knot of ribbon worn in a hat)
    cocarde tricolore ― cockade of France
    • 1972, Georges Brassens, “La Ballade des gens qui sont nés quelque part”, in Fernande:
      Le reste avec mépris du haut de leurs remparts / La race des chauvins, des porteurs de cocardes
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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