coque

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See also: Coque and -coque

English

Etymology

From French coque (literally “shell”). Doublet of coco.

Noun

coque (plural coques)

  1. A small loop or bow of ribbon used in making hats, boas, etc.

Francisco León Zoque

Etymology

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Noun

coque

  1. fish

References

  • Engel, Ralph, Allhiser de Engel, Mary, Mateo Alvarez, José (1987) Diccionario zoque de Francisco León (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 30)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 18

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French coque (“shell”), from Latin coccum (“berry”).

Pronunciation

Noun

coque f (plural coques)

  1. shell (of an animal's egg)
  2. the casing of a phone
  3. (nautical) hull
  4. cockle

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: coque
  • → Italian: coque
  • → Portuguese: coque
  • →? Romanian: coc

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French coque (“egg's shell”). Doublet of cocco.

Pronunciation

Noun

coque f (invariable)

  1. Only used in uovo alla coque (“soft-boiled egg”)

Latin

Noun

coque

  1. vocative singular of coquus

Verb

coque

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of coquō

Pipil

Alternative forms

Etymology

Truncated form of coquetzpal. Compare Classical Nahuatl cuauhcuetzpalin (“lizard”).

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): /ˈkuke/
  • (Witzapan) IPA(key): /ˈɡuɣe/

Noun

coque (plural cohcoque)

  1. (Huitzapan) iguana
    Ne coque quiza motonalhuia mohmozta ihpac oni tetonti
    The iguana comes out to sun on top of that rock every day
  2. (Huitzapan) black iguana

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: co‧que

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French coque.[1][2] Doublet of coco.

Noun

coque m (plural coques)

  1. bun (a tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English coke.[1][2]

Noun

coque m (plural coques)

  1. coke (solid residue from roasting coal)

Etymology 3

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

coque m (plural coques)

  1. a rap on the head with the knuckles
    Synonyms: cocorote, cascudo, carolo, cocre, tafoné

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “coque”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “coque”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

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Etymology

Borrowed from English coke.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkoke/
  • Rhymes: -oke
  • Syllabification: co‧que

Noun

coque m (plural coques)

  1. coke (solid fuel from coal)

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