Dictionary

coquetry en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkoʊkətɹi/ (US)
• /ˈkəʊkətɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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• /ˈkɒkɪtɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From French coquetterie.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Coquettish behaviour; actions designed to excite erotic attention, without intending to reciprocate such feelings (chiefly of women towards men); flirtatious teasing.
   • With a lover […] her sensibility will naturally lead her to endeavour to excite emotion, not to gratify her vanity, but her heart. This I do not allow to be coquetry, it is the artless impulse of nature […] 1791 (date written), Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1792, →OCLC:
2. (countable) An act constituting such behaviour; an affectation of amorous interest or enticement, especially of a woman directed towards a man.
   • "Her pretty little coquetries are like the gambols of a kitten. 1913, Carolyn Wells, Patty's Social Season:
   • The mischievous pleasure of her coquetries was forgotten, and in a rush of glad confidence she felt a woman's pride in him. 1910, Geraldine Bonner, The Emigrant Trail:
   • The little coquetries, which are as natural to a gay young girl as her laughter, were all in full play, and had she gone no further no harm would have been done. 1882, Louisa M. Alcott, Kitty's Class Day And Other Stories:

Forms

Synonyms

flirtation

Translations (28)

cmn 嬌態 /娇态 (affectation of amorous tenderness) · fr coquetterie (affectation of amorous tenderness) · hi ग़म्ज़ा (affectation of amorous tenderness) · fa کرشمه (affectation of amorous tenderness) · fr coquetisme (affectation of amorous tenderness) · fi flirttailu (affectation of amorous tenderness) · fa عشوه (affectation of amorous tenderness) · ru коке́тство (affectation of amorous tenderness) · hi इश्वा (affectation of amorous tenderness) · de Koketterie (affectation of amorous tenderness) · ja 嬌態 (affectation of amorous tenderness) · hi अदा (affectation of amorous tenderness) · ar دَلَال (affectation of amorous tenderness) · el ακκισμός (affectation of amorous tenderness) · fi keimailu (affectation of amorous tenderness) · tr işve (affectation of amorous tenderness) · es coquetería (affectation of amorous tenderness) · el νάζι (affectation of amorous tenderness) · fa ادا (affectation of amorous tenderness) · cmn 風騷 /风骚 (affectation of amorous tenderness) · tr cilve (affectation of amorous tenderness) · cmn 媚態 /媚态 (affectation of amorous tenderness) · he התיפות (affectation of amorous tenderness) · gl coquetería (affectation of amorous tenderness) · ja 媚態 (affectation of amorous tenderness) · tr naz (affectation of amorous tenderness) · tr eda (affectation of amorous tenderness) · ur ادا (affectation of amorous tenderness)