coquille

See also: Coquille

English

seafood served in a coquille

Etymology

Borrowed from French coquille. See also cockle.

Noun

coquille (plural coquilles)

1. A meal, especially a seafood dish, served in an actual scallop shell or a dish (container) shaped like a shell.
2. A scallop shell or a dish shaped like one, especially when used to serve the aforementioned food.
3. A form of ruching used as a dress trimming or for neckwear, named from the manner in which it is gathered or fulled.

French

Etymology

From a combination of Vulgar Latin *conchilia (from Latin conchylium) with coccum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.kij/

• Audio:

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Noun

coquille f (plural coquilles)

1. shell
2. (shell-shaped) dish; scallop
3. typo, misprint

   Synonyms: bourdon, faute de frappe, mastic

4. (sports) jockstrap, athletic protector; groin guard, box, cup (protection for the male genitals)
5. (medicine) vacuum mattress (for spinal immobilization)
6. (medicine) egg crate mattress (for prevention of bedsores)

Related terms

• coquillage
• coquillard
• coquille Saint-Jacques
• coquille vide
• coquillère
• coquillier
• sortir de sa coquille

 

Further reading

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

Old French

Noun

coquille oblique singular, f (oblique plural coquilles, nominative singular coquille, nominative plural coquilles)

1. shell (hard protective outer layer of some animals)

Descendants

• Middle English: cokel, cokkel, kokkel, cocle
  • → English: cockle
• French: coquille
  • → English: coquille