coque

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)‎^[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 18

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔk/

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• Rhymes: -ɔk
• Homophones: coq, coqs, coques

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

• à la coque
• cocard
• fruit à coque
• monocoque

 

Related terms

• cocon
• coquer
• coquillage
• coquille
• coquin
• œuf à la coque
• sortir de sa coque

 

Descendants

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

Further reading

• “coque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔk/
• Rhymes: -ɔk

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

• (Cuisnahuat) coquetzpal

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

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.ki/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.ki/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.ke/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.kɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔki, (Portugal) -ɔkɨ
• Hyphenation: co‧que

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French coque. 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.

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English coke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoke/ [ˈko.ke]
• Rhymes: -oke
• Syllabification: co‧que

Noun

coque m (plural coques)

1. coke (solid fuel from coal)

Further reading

• “coque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28