coucou

== English == === Noun === coucou (uncountable) Alternative form of coo-coo (“Barbadian food”). == Franco-Provençal == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin cuculus. === Noun === coucou m (plural coucous) (ORB, broad) cuckoo === References === coucou in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca coucou in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu == French == === Alternative forms === cc (text messaging) === Etymology === Inherited from Old French cucu; onomatopoeic derivative of the call of the cuckoo (bird), coucou, or from Latin cuculus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ku.ku/ Rhymes: -u === Noun === coucou m (plural coucous) cuckoo (the bird) cuckoo (the cry of the bird) cuckoo clock cowslip (flower) (informal) old plane; old crate; rust bucket; any old vehicle, especially one that is rickety ==== Descendants ==== → Persian: کوکو (kuku) === Interjection === coucou cuckoo; the call of the cuckoo peekaboo (colloquial, informal) hiya, hey; an informal greeting (colloquial, informal, by extension) an informal goodbye, bye-bye ==== Derived terms ==== coucouille === Further reading === “coucou”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Galician == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [kowˈkow] === Noun === coucou m (plural coucous) toad Synonyms: costro, sapo, estombo ==== References ==== Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “coucou”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French cucu, from Latin cucūlus. === Noun === coucou m (plural coucous) (Jersey) cuckoo (Jersey) striped wrasse