cocarde

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French cocarde.

Noun

cocarde (plural cocardes)

1. (aviation) Alternative form of cockade, an emblem on an airplane's wing indicating its nationality.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: co‧car‧de

Noun

cocarde f (plural cocardes or cocarden, diminutive cocardetje n)

1. Superseded spelling of kokarde.

French

Etymology

From coq +‎ -ard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.kaʁd/

• Audio:

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Noun

cocarde f (plural cocardes)

1. rosette
2. cockade (rosette or knot of ribbon worn in a hat)
   • 1972, Georges Brassens (lyrics and music), “La Ballade des gens qui sont nés quelque part”, in Fernande:

     Le reste avec mépris du haut de leurs remparts / La race des chauvins, des porteurs de cocardes

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• → Dutch: kokarde
  • → Indonesian: kokarde
• → English: cockade, cocarde
• → German: Kokarde
• → Greek: κονκάρδα (konkárda)
• → Russian: кока́рда (kokárda)

Further reading

• “cocarde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.