Kokos

== Cocos Islands Malay == === Etymology === From English Cocos. === Adjective === Kokos Cocos (relating to the Cocos (Keeling) Islands) == German == === Alternative forms === Cocos (obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese cocos, plural of coco (literally “grinning face”), probably due to the three holes in the shell resembling a human face. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkoːkʊs/ (clearly commonest, though unmentioned by prescriptive sources; Kokusnuss is a frequent misspelling) IPA(key): /ˈkoːkos/, [ˈkoːkoˑs] (original form, but now rarer because this syllable type exists in German only when -s is a recognisable grammatical ending) IPA(key): /ˈkoːkɔs/ (entirely uncommon in northern and central Germany, perhaps used by southern speakers whose /ɔ/ is [o]) === Noun === Kokos n (strong, genitive Kokos, no plural) (collective) the flesh of the coconut; its taste Synonym: Kokosnuss (also a single fruit) (collective) coir; the fibres won from the shells of coconuts Synonym: Kokosfasern (plural) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Kokosfaser Kokosnuss Kokosöl ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “Kokos”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Kokos (Mark, Milch, Faser)” in Duden online “Kokos (Nuss)” in Duden online