coco

== English == === Alternative forms === cocoa (now nonstandard) === Etymology === From Portuguese/Spanish coco (“grinning face”) (due to the three holes in the shell resembling a human face). Doublet of coque. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkəʊ.kəʊ/ (US) enPR: kōʹkō, IPA(key): /ˈkoʊ.koʊ/ Rhymes: -əʊkəʊ Homophone: cocoa Hyphenation: co‧co === Noun === coco (plural cocos or cocoes) Coconut palm. Coconut, the fruit of the coconut palm. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== coco-de-mer === See also === cocoa (cacao, altered by confusion with coco) === References === == Amis == === Etymology === From Proto-Austronesian *susu. Compare Indonesian susu, Fijian sucu, Tagalog suso, Tongan huhu and Hawaiian ū. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tsu.tsu/ === Noun === coco (anatomy) breast === References === 阿美語中部方言辭典 [Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis]‎[4] (in Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples, 2024 == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish coco. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [ˈku.ku] IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈko.ko] IPA(key): (Central) [ˈko.ku] === Noun === coco m (plural cocos) coconut ==== Derived terms ==== cocotar cocoter === Further reading === “coco”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Chavacano == === Etymology === Inherited from Spanish coco (“coconut”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: co‧co === Noun === coco coconut == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ko.ko/ Rhymes: -o === Etymology 1 === From Middle French coche, coco, from Italian cocco and Spanish coco, both from Portuguese coco. The fruit was originally referred to by the Spanish equivalent of croque-mitaine (“bogeyman”), due to the spooky face-like appearance of the three dots at the end of the shell, which developed in coco. As in English, the fruit was originally referred to as coco (in the 16th century), but in the 17th (as in English) it became usual to refer to it as a nut, in the form noix de coco (“coconut”). ==== Noun ==== coco m (plural cocos) Fruit of the coconut palm, also called noix de coco a kind of bean (slang) Motor fuel Synonym: carburant (dated) a type of licorice drink, by analogy with coconut milk ===== Hypernyms ===== (bean): haricot ===== Derived terms ===== lait de coco noix de coco === Etymology 2 === Duplication of initial co-, from communiste. ==== Noun ==== coco m (plural cocos) (informal) Commie === Etymology 3 === Duplication of initial co-, from cocaïne. ==== Noun ==== coco f (plural cocos) (slang) cocaine === Etymology 4 === Perhaps by contraction of cocorico (“cock-a-doodle-do”). ==== Noun ==== coco m (plural cocos) (informal, dated, childish) egg Synonym: œuf === Etymology 5 === ==== Noun ==== coco m or f by sense (plural cocos) (informal) friendly, joking term for a friend; pal, mate, buddy (informal, derogatory) aggressive, disdainful term of address, usually preceded by mon, ma, or mes. Roughly punk or buddy, as in “You wanna try, punk?”, or “Hey buddy, what do you think you’re doing?” === Further reading === “coco”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Galician == === Etymology === From Latin coccum (“berry; gall; insect; scarlet dye”), from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed, berry”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkɔko/ [ˈkɔ.kʊ] Rhymes: -ɔko IPA(key): /ˈkoko/ [ˈko.kʊ] Rhymes: -oko Hyphenation: co‧co === Noun === coco m (plural cocos) bogeyman oak gall coconut bug; worm Synonyms: becho, bicho, verme ==== Derived terms ==== coco de luz (“glowworm”) === References === Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “coco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “coco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “coco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Latin == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== cocō (present infinitive cocere, perfect active coxī, supine coctum); third conjugation (Late Latin) alternative form of coquō (“cook”) (attested from the third century CE) ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɔ.koː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɔː.ko] ==== Noun ==== cocō dative/ablative singular of cocus === References === === Further reading === “coco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "coco", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) == Manchu == === Romanization === coco Romanization of ᠴᠣᠴᠣ (coco) == Norman == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare French coco. === Noun === coco m (plural cocos) (Jersey, informal) egg, eggy ==== Derived terms ==== cocotchi (“eggcup”) == Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === Uncertain. Possibly from Late Latin coccum (“kernel, seed”), from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos). Doublet of coque. ==== Alternative forms ==== côco (pre-reform spelling or misspelling) ==== Pronunciation ==== Rhymes: -oku Hyphenation: co‧co ==== Noun ==== coco m (plural cocos) coconut (fruit of coco palm) (informal) head (informal, vulgar) testicle (Brazil, dance) popular dance from Alagoas ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → English: coco → Italian: cocco→ Middle French: cocheFrench: coco → Spanish: coco, coca, cucuy, cuco, cuca, cucu, cucuí→ English: coco→ Middle French: cocoFrench: coco === Etymology 2 === Learned borrowing from New Latin coccus, from Late Latin coccum, from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos). ==== Pronunciation ==== Rhymes: -ɔku Hyphenation: co‧co ==== Noun ==== coco m (plural cocos) (bacteriology) coccus ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 3 === Borrowed from Japanese 石 (koku). ==== Pronunciation ==== Rhymes: -ɔku Hyphenation: co‧co ==== Noun ==== coco m (plural cocos) (historical) koku === Further reading === “coco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “coco”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “coco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkoko/ [ˈko.ko] Rhymes: -oko Syllabification: co‧co === Etymology 1 === From sense 2 (“skull, head”), because of the resemblance of the fruit to a grinning face. ==== Noun ==== coco m (plural cocos) coconut (colloquial, Chile) testicle (colloquial, Peru) US dollars ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → English: coco → Middle French: coco French: coco === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Portuguese coco (“bogeyman, grinning face”), probably from Latin coccum (“kernel, seed”). ==== Alternative forms ==== coca, cucuy, cuco, cuca, cucu, cucuí ==== Noun ==== coco m (plural cocos) (folklore) bogeyman Synonym: hombre del saco (colloquial) brain; head === Etymology 3 === From Latin coccum. ==== Noun ==== coco m (plural cocos) (entomology) weevil Synonym: gorgojo (bacteriology) coccus Synonym: micrococo (Dominican Republic) Wood stork (Mycteria americana) ===== Derived terms ===== === Further reading === “coco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 Roberts, Edward A. (2014), A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Self-published: Xlibris, →ISBN