coquille

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English

seafood served in a coquille

Etymology

Borrowed from French coquille. See also cockle.

Noun

coquille (plural coquilles)

  1. A meal, especially a seafood dish, served in an actual scallop shell or a dish (container) shaped like a shell.
  2. A scallop shell or a dish shaped like one, especially when used to serve the aforementioned food.
  3. A form of ruching used as a dress trimming or for neckwear, named from the manner in which it is gathered or fulled.

French

Etymology

From a combination of Vulgar Latin *conchilia (from Latin conchylium) with coccum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ.kij/
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Noun

coquille f (plural coquilles)

  1. shell
  2. (shell-shaped) dish; scallop
  3. typo, misprint
    Synonyms: bourdon, faute de frappe, mastic
  4. (sports) jockstrap, athletic protector; groin guard, box, cup (protection for the male genitals)
  5. (medicine) vacuum mattress (for spinal immobilization)
  6. (medicine) egg crate mattress (for prevention of bedsores)

Further reading

Old French

Noun

coquille oblique singular, f (oblique plural coquilles, nominative singular coquille, nominative plural coquilles)

  1. shell (hard protective outer layer of some animals)

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