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English
Etymology
From French cocon, diminutive of coque (“shell”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cocoon (plural cocoons)
- The silky protective case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, the pupa.
- Any similar protective case, whether real or metaphorical.
Derived terms
Translations
protective case
- Afrikaans: kokon
- Albanian: fshikë (sq)
- Arabic: شَرْنَقَة (ar) f (šarnaqa)
- Armenian: բոժոժ (hy) (božož), խոզակ (hy) (xozak)
- Azerbaijani: barama (az)
- Belarusian: ко́кан m (kókan)
- Bulgarian: пашкул (bg) m (paškul), какавида f (kakavida)
- Burmese: ပိုးအိမ် (my) (pui:im)
- Catalan: capoll (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 繭／茧 (zh) (jiǎn)
- Czech: kukla (cs) f, kokon (cs) m
- Danish: kokon (da) c
- Dutch: cocon (nl) c
- Esperanto: kokono
- Estonian: nukk, kookon
- Faroese: spunahylki n
- Finnish: kotelo (fi); kokongi (cocoon of silkworm)
- French: cocon (fr) m
- Georgian: აბრეშუმის პარკი (abrešumis ṗarḳi)
- German: Kokon (de) m
- Greek: κουκούλι (el) n (koukoúli)
- Gujarati: કોશેટો m (kośeṭo)
- Hebrew: פְּקַעַת (he) f (pqá'at)
- Hindi: कोकून (kokūn)
- Hungarian: gubó (hu), selyemgubó (hu), báb (hu)
- Icelandic: lirfuhýði n, egghylki n
- Ido: kokono (io)
- Irish: cocún m
- Italian: bozzolo (it) m
- Japanese: 繭 (ja) (まゆ, mayu)
- Khmer: សំបុកនាង (sɑmbok nieng)
- Korean: 고치 (gochi)
- Kyrgyz: пилла (pilla)
- Latvian: kokons m
- Macedonian: кокона f (kokona)
- Malay: kokun
- Maori: kopa (mi)
- Marathi: कोश (koś)
- Navajo: kʼaalógii bitʼoh (for a butterfly), iichʼąhii bitʼoh (for a moth)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: kokong m
- Nynorsk: kokong m
- Pashto: غوزه (ps) f
- Persian: پیله (fa) (pile)
- Plautdietsch: Kockun m
- Polish: kokon (pl) m
- Portuguese: casulo (pt) m
- Romanian: cocon (ro) m, gogoașă (ro) f, gogoașă de mătase (ro) f
- Russian: ко́кон (ru) m (kókon)
- Rwanda-Rundi: cocon
- Scottish Gaelic: cochall m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Latin: čahura (sh) f
- Slovak: kokón m, kukla f
- Slovene: buba (sl) f
- Spanish: capullo (es) m
- Swedish: puppa (sv) c
- Tagalog: tilas, supot-uod
- Telugu: కోశము (te) (kōśamu)
- Thai: ดักแด้ (th) (dàk-dɛ̂ɛ)
- Turkish: koza (tr)
- Ukrainian: ко́кон m (kókon)
- Urdu: کوکُون (kokūn)
- Vietnamese: kén (vi) (繭 (vi))
- Volapük: kokun
- Welsh: cocŵn m
- Yiddish: קאַקון f (kakun)
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Verb
cocoon (third-person singular simple present cocoons, present participle cocooning, simple past and past participle cocooned)
- (transitive) To envelop in a protective case.
2021, Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland, #Merky Books, page 163:Vern grabbed the throw draped over the back of the sofa and cocooned herself within it.
- (intransitive) To withdraw into such a case.
Translations
envelop in a protective case
withdraw into such a case
