hoquet

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English

Noun

hoquet (countable and uncountable, plural hoquets)

  1. (music) Alternative form of hocket

French

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle French hoquet, icquet (“hiccup”), probably of Germanic origin, ultimately onomatopoeic. Compare Old Norse hixta (“to hiccup”), Middle High German heschezen, heschitzen (“to gulp, burp, sob”), Middle Dutch hicken (“to hiccup”), obsolete English hicket, hyckock (“hiccup”). More at hiccup.

Pronunciation

Noun

hoquet m (plural hoquets)

  1. (onomatopoeia) hiccup (spasm of the diaphragm)

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