cocasse

See also: coçasse

French

Etymology

From coquard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.kas/

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Adjective

cocasse (plural cocasses)

1. amusing; funny; comical

   Synonym: grotesque

   • 2019 January 29, “"Les Estivants", "The Place"... Les films à voir (ou pas) cette semaine”, in L'Obs‎^[1]:

     […] lui annonce, dans un café, qu’il la quitte. Elle s’effondre. Ce devrait être triste, et c’est aussi cocasse qu’une scène de rupture chez Woody Allen.

     […] announces to her, in a café, that he's leaving her. She collapses. It should be sad, and it's as funny as a break-up scene in a Woody Allen film.

Derived terms

• cocassement

Further reading

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