cocotte

See also: cocotté

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] French

Noun

cocotte (plural cocottes)

1. small casserole (pot) for individual portions, similar to a Dutch oven
2. promiscuous woman, prostitute

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French

Etymology

Onomatopoeic (of a hen's clucking).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.kɔt/

Noun

cocotte f (plural cocottes)

1. (child talk) chicken, hen
2. (colloquial) honey, darling
3. small casserole (pot) for individual portions, similar to a Dutch oven
4. promiscuous woman, prostitute
5. (Louisiana) vagina

Verb

cocotte

1. first-person singular present indicative of cocotter
2. third-person singular present indicative of cocotter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of cocotter
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of cocotter
5. second-person singular imperative of cocotter

Descendants

• Greek: κοκότα (kokóta)

Further reading

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