coquettish

English

Etymology

coquette +‎ -ish

Adjective

coquettish (comparative more coquettish, superlative most coquettish)

1. Of or relating to a young, flirtatious girl.
2. Characteristic of a coquet.
   • 1887, H. Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure‎^[1]:

     `Is there that about me that should affright a man? Then surely are men changed from what they used to be!' And with a little coquettish movement she turned herself, and held up one arm, so as to show all her loveliness and the rich hair of raven blackness that streamed in soft ripples down her snowy robes, almost to her sandalled feet.

Synonyms

• flirtatious

Derived terms

• coquettishly
• coquettishness

Translations

as a young, flirting girl; flirtatious

• Burmese: နန့် (my) (nan.)
• Dutch: koket (nl), behaagziek (nl), flirterig (nl)
• Esperanto: koketa
• Finnish: keimaileva (fi)
• French: coquette (fr)
• German: kokett (de), gefallsüchtig
• Hungarian: kacér (hu), kokett
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• Italian: civettuolo (it)
• Kapampangan: magayut, malantung, malarit
• Norwegian: kokett
• Persian: لوند (fa) (lavand)
• Portuguese: coquete (pt)
• Russian: коке́тливый (ru) (kokétlivyj), игри́вый (ru) (igrívyj)
• Spanish: coqueto (es)
• Swedish: kokett (sv)