cocoon

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Etymology

From French cocon, a diminutive of coque (“shell”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kəˈkuːn/ [kʰɘ̞ˈkʰu̟ːn]
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -uːn
Homophone: kokoon

Noun

cocoon (plural cocoons)

The silky case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, protecting the pupa within.
(also figurative) Any similar protective case.
- 1997 June 24, Robert Dart, quotee, “CTA To Leave Train Conductors At The Station”, in Chicago Tribune‎^[1]:
  The bad guys generally don’t like to get on trains, because they’re trapped on a moving cocoon that the CTA controls.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with the word cacoon.

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Malayalam: കൊക്കൂൺ (kokkūṇ)

Translations

protective case spun by the larvae of some insects

Afrikaans: kokon
Albanian: fshikë (sq)
Arabic: شَرْنَقَة (ar) f (šarnaqa)
Armenian: բոժոժ (hy) (božož), խոզակ (hy) (xozak)
Azerbaijani: barama (az)
Belarusian: ко́кан m (kókan)
Bulgarian: пашкул (bg) m (paškul), какавида f (kakavida)
Burmese: ပိုးအိမ် (my) (pui:im)
Catalan: capoll (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 繭 / 茧 (zh) (jiǎn)
Czech: kukla (cs) f, kokon (cs) m, zámotek m
Danish: kokon (da) c
Dutch: cocon (nl) c
Esperanto: kokono
Estonian: nukk, kookon
Faroese: spunahylki n
Finnish: kotelo (fi); kokongi (fi) (cocoon of silkworm)
French: cocon (fr) m
Georgian: აბრეშუმის პარკი (abrešumis ṗarḳi)
German: Kokon (de) m
Greek: κουκούλι (el) n (koukoúli)
Gujarati: કોશેટો m (kośeṭo)
Hebrew: פְּקַעַת (he) f (pqá'at)
Hindi: खोल (hi) m (khol)
Hungarian: gubó (hu), selyemgubó (hu), báb (hu)
Icelandic: lirfuhýði n, egghylki n
Ido: kokono (io)
Irish: cocún m
Italian: bozzolo (it) m
Japanese: 繭 (ja) (まゆ, mayu)
Khmer: សំបុកនាង (sɑmbok nieng)
Korean: 고치 (gochi)
Kyrgyz: пилла (pilla)
Latvian: kokons m
Macedonian: кожурец m (kožurec), кокона f (kokona)
Malay: kokun
Malayalam: കൊക്കൂൺ (kokkūṇ)
Māori: kopa (mi)
Marathi: कोश (koś)
Navajo: kʼaalógii bitʼoh (for a butterfly), iichʼąhii bitʼoh (for a moth)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kokong m

Nynorsk: kokong m
Pashto: غوزه (ps) f
Persian: پیله (fa) (pile)
Plautdietsch: Kockun m
Polish: kokon (pl) m
Portuguese: casulo (pt) m
Romanian: cocon (ro) m, gogoașă (ro) f, gogoașă de mătase (ro) f
Russian: ко́кон (ru) m (kókon)
Rwanda-Rundi: cocon
Scottish Gaelic: cochall m
Serbo-Croatian:
Latin: čahura (sh) f, čaura (sh) f
Slovak: kokón m, kukla f
Slovene: buba (sl) f
Spanish: capullo (es) m
Swedish: puppa (sv) c
Tagalog: tilas, supot-uod
Telugu: కోశము (te) (kōśamu)
Thai: ดักแด้ (th) (dàk-dɛ̂ɛ)
Turkish: koza (tr)
Ukrainian: ко́кон m (kókon)
Unami: alemuchi
Urdu: کوکُون (kokūn)
Vietnamese: kén (vi) (繭 (vi))
Volapük: kokun
Welsh: cocŵn m
Yiddish: קאַקון f (kakun)

any similar protective case, whether real or metaphorical

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: cocon (nl) c
Finnish: kotelo (fi), suojus (fi)
French: cocon (fr) m
Galician: burbulla (gl)
Hindi: खोल (hi) m (khol)
Italian: bozzolo (it) m
Polish: kokon (pl) m
Russian: ко́кон (ru) m (kókon)

Verb

cocoon (third-person singular simple present cocoons, present participle cocooning, simple past and past participle cocooned)

(transitive, also figuratively) To envelop in a protective case.
- 2021, Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland, #Merky Books, page 163:
  Vern grabbed the throw draped over the back of the sofa and cocooned herself within it.
(intransitive, also figuratively) To withdraw into such a case.

Translations

envelop in a protective case

Chinese:
Mandarin: 包裹 (zh) (bāoguǒ)
Finnish: koteloida (fi)
Hungarian: bebugyolál (hu), burkol (hu), beburkol (hu)
Portuguese: casulo (pt)
Russian: please add this translation if you can

withdraw into such a case

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: koteloitua (fi)
Hungarian: begubózik (hu), beburkolózik (hu), burkolózik (hu)
Portuguese: casulo (pt)
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: kabuğuna çekilmek (tr)