coq

See also: Coq, çoq, and Coq.

English

Etymology

French

Noun

coq (plural coqs)

1. A trimming of cock feathers on a woman's hat.
   • 1897, Ladies' home journal: Volume 15

     […] with a flat Tam crown of heliotrope velvet, a drapery under the brim, and two flat coq feathers.

   • 1921, Millinery trade review: Volume 46

     A smart all-black model has just arrived from Jeanne Due. It is turban-trimmed with black coq which forms a bow drape.

   • 2010, Deborah Davis, Party of the Century

     It was the Spanish rooster, the bird that produced coq feathers, that sacrificed the most plumage. Coqs, the rooster's long, curved, and iridescent tail feathers, were plucked from the bird to trim hats or, in this case, masks.

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔk/

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• Rhymes: -ɔk

Etymology 1

From Old French coc.

Noun

coq m (plural coqs)

1. male chicken, rooster, cockerel, cock

Derived terms

• comme un coq en pâte
• combat de coqs
• coq de bruyère
• coq au vin
• passer du coq à l'âne/sauter du coq à l'âne

Descendants

• → Esperanto: koko (through merger with English cock)

See also

• poule

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch kok, from Latin coquus. Doublet of queux.

Noun

coq m (plural coqs)

1. (rare) a cook

   Synonym: cuisinier

Further reading

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

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Norman

Etymology 1

From Old French coc (“cock, rooster”)

Noun

coq m (plural coqs)

1. (Jersey) tap

Derived terms

• coq à ieau caûde (“hot water tap”)
• coq à ieau fraide (“cold water tap”)

Etymology 2

Clipping of coquelicot

Noun

coq m (plural coqs)

1. (Guernsey) poppy

Synonyms

• coquelicot