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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French coquette.
Pronunciation
Noun
coquette (plural coquettes)
- A woman who flirts or plays with people's affections.
1721, [Colley] Cibber, The Refusal; or, The Ladies Philosophy: A Comedy. , London: B Lintot, ; W Mears, ; and W Chetwood, , →OCLC, Act I, page 2:Though, I confeſs, Paris has its Charms; but to me they are like thoſe of a Coquette, gay and gavvdy; they ſerve to amuſe vvith, but a Man vvould not chuſe to be marry'd to them.
1957, Jack Kerouac, chapter 11, in On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC, part 3:She was a big, sexy brunette—as Garcia said, «Something straight out of Degas,» and generally like a beautiful Parisian coquette.
1997, Ian McEwan, Enduring Love, Vintage, published 1998, page 141:I was playing with him, leading him on, sending him messages of encouragement then turning away from him. I was a tease, a coquette.
- Any hummingbird in the genus Lophornis.
Derived terms
Translations
flirtatious woman
- Armenian: կոկետուհի (hy) (koketuhi), պչրուհի (hy) (pčʻruhi)
- Bulgarian: коке́тка (bg) (kokétka)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 風騷女子/风骚女子 (fēngsāo nǚzǐ), 狐狸精 (zh) (húlijīng)
- Czech: koketa (cs)
- Finnish: hempukka (fi), keimailija (fi), koketti (fi)
- French: allumeuse (fr) f, coquette (fr) f
- German: Kokette f, Schäkerin f
- Japanese: 男誑し (おとこたらし, otokotarashi), コケット (koketto)
- Kalmyk: һалдһлзсн (ğaldğlzsn)
- Korean: 요부 (yobu)
- Maori: hinehine
- Portuguese: coquete (pt) f
- Russian: коке́тка (ru) f (kokétka), вертихво́стка (ru) f (vertixvóstka) (disapprovingly)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: кокета f
- Roman: koketa (sh) f
- Swedish: kokett (sv) c
- Turkish: yosma (tr), oynak (tr)
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Verb
coquette (third-person singular simple present coquettes, present participle coquetting, simple past and past participle coquetted)
- Alternative form of coquet
1875, Herbert Eastwick Compton, Semi-tropical trifles:Nobber has no small opinion of himself: he considers himself the Adonis of the Pondaati eleven, and he contemplates society as though it were Venus, and it was his mission to posturize before it, and coquette and toy with it.
Adjective
coquette
- (aesthetic) Of or relating to a feminine style of clothing involving ribbons, frills, and bows.
2023 January 12, Hannah Oh, “What Exactly is the Coquette Aesthetic That’s Taking Over the Internet Right Now?”, in Seventeen, retrieved January 5, 2024:Frills, lace, bows, hearts, and ribbon (in excess!) are all part of the coquette look. […]”
2023 October 24, Sierra Mayhew, “The Coquette Aesthetic Has Its Hold on Gen Z—15 Pieces That Define the Look”, in Who What Wear, retrieved January 5, 2024:Are you a Lana Del Rey fan who lives for ultra-romantic fashion pieces and clings to trends that involve ribbons, lace, and Bridgerton-esque motifs? Then the coquette aesthetic is most definitely for you. […]”
French
Etymology
From coquet.
Pronunciation
Adjective
coquette
- feminine singular of coquet
Noun
coquette f (plural coquettes)
- flirt, tease
Elle est une vraie coquette.- She's such a flirt.
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