cocinero

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish cocinero (“cook”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: co‧ci‧ne‧ro

Noun

cocinero (feminine cocinera)

1. cook

Related terms

• cocina
• cocinada
• cocinao
• cocinera
• cocinilla

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *coquīnārium, or a later formation corresponding to cocina +‎ -ero. Doublet of coquinario.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koθiˈneɾo/ [ko.θiˈne.ɾo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kosiˈneɾo/ [ko.siˈne.ɾo] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: co‧ci‧ne‧ro

Noun

cocinero m (plural cocineros, feminine cocinera, feminine plural cocineras)

1. cook

Derived terms

• gaviota cocinera

Related terms

• cocer
• cocina
• cocinar

Descendants

• → Cebuano: kosinero
• → Central Bikol: kosinero, kusinero
• → Tagalog: kusinero, kosinero

See also

• chef

Further reading

• “cocinero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025