coquet

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French coquet (little cockerel), from coq (cockerel) + -et (masculine diminutive suffix).

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Noun

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coquet (plural coquets)

  1. A flirtatious female; a coquette.
  2. (obsolete) A flirtatious male.

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Verb

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coquet (third-person singular simple present coquets, present participle coquetting, simple past and past participle coquetted)

  1. To act as a flirt or coquet.
  2. To waste time; to dally.
  3. To attempt to attract the notice, admiration, or love of; to treat with a show of tenderness or regard, with a view to deceive and disappoint; to lead on.

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French coquet, diminutive of coq (cock).

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Adjective

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coquet (feminine coqueta, masculine plural coquets, feminine plural coquetes)

  1. charming, flirtatious
  2. vain, frivolous
    Synonyms: presumit, frívol

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /koːˈkɛt/
  • Hyphenation: co‧quet
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Adjective

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coquet (comparative coquetter, superlative coquetst)

  1. Superseded spelling of koket.

Usage notes

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Declension

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Declension of coquet
uninflected coquet
inflected coquette
comparative coquetter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial coquet coquetter het coquetst
het coquetste
indefinite m./f. sing. coquette coquettere coquetste
n. sing. coquet coquetter coquetste
plural coquette coquettere coquetste
definite coquette coquettere coquetste
partitive coquets coquetters

French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kɔ.kɛ/
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Adjective

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coquet (feminine coquette, masculine plural coquets, feminine plural coquettes)

  1. vain, conscious of one's appearance
  2. sweet, cute, charming

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: koket
  • Catalan: coquet
  • Dutch: koket
  • German: kokett
  • Thai: โก้เก๋

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Latin

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Verb

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coquet

  1. third-person singular future active indicative of coquō