coque
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From French coque (literally “shell”). Doublet of coco.
=== Noun ===
coque (plural coques)
A small loop or bow of ribbon used in making hats, boas, etc.
(botany, obsolete) Synonym of coccus.
== Francisco León Zoque ==
=== Etymology ===
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
=== Noun ===
coque
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/
Rhymes: -ɔk
Homophones: coq, coqs, coques
=== Noun ===
coque f (plural coques)
shell (of an animal's egg)
the casing of a phone
(nautical) hull
cockle
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
==== 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)
only used in uovo alla coque (“soft-boiled egg”)
== Latin ==
=== Noun ===
coque
vocative singular of coquus
=== Verb ===
coque
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)
(Witzapan) iguana
(Witzapan) black iguana
== Portuguese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔki, (Portugal) -ɔkɨ
Hyphenation: co‧que
=== Etymology 1 ===
Borrowed from French coque. Doublet of coco.
==== Noun ====
coque m (plural coques)
bun (a tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head)
=== Etymology 2 ===
Borrowed from English coke.
==== Noun ====
coque m (plural coques)
coke (solid residue from roasting coal)
=== Etymology 3 ===
Onomatopoeic.
==== Noun ====
coque m (plural coques)
a rap on the head with the knuckles
Synonyms: cocorote, cascudo, carolo, cocre, tafoné
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
“coque”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Alternative forms ===
cok
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from English coke.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈkoke/ [ˈko.ke]
Rhymes: -oke
Syllabification: co‧que
=== Noun ===
coque m (plural coques)
coke (solid fuel from coal)
=== Further reading ===
“coque”, 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