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coquet en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkɒk.ɛt/

Etymology

Borrowed from French coquet (“little cockerel”), from coq (“cockerel”) + -et (“masculine diminutive suffix”).

Meanings

  1. A flirtatious female; a coquette.
  2. (obsolete) A flirtatious male.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
coquets Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (2)

fi flirttailija (a flirt or coquet(te)) · fi koketti (a flirt or coquet(te))

coquet en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkɒk.ɛt/

Etymology

Borrowed from French coquet (“little cockerel”), from coq (“cockerel”) + -et (“masculine diminutive suffix”).

Meanings

  1. To act as a flirt or coquet.
  2. To waste time; to dally.
  3. To attempt to attract the notice, admiration, or love of; to treat with a show of tenderness or regard, with a view to deceive and disappoint; to lead on.
    • November 26, 1725, Jonathan Swift, letter to Alexander Pope You [are] coquetting a maid of honour.

Forms

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coquets Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
coquetted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
coquetted Tense=Past lexicographic
coquetting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

coquettish

Translations (7)

da kokettere (act as a flirt or coquet) · de kokettieren (act as a flirt or coquet) · fi koketeerata (act as a flirt or coquet) · no kokettere (act as a flirt or coquet) · bg кокетирам (act as a flirt or coquet) · pl kokietować (act as a flirt or coquet) · sv kokettera (act as a flirt or coquet)