coquille
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French coquille. See also cockle.
Noun
coquille (plural coquilles)
- A dish (meal), especially a seafood dish, served in an actual scallop shell or a dish (container) shaped like a shell.
- A scallop shell or a dish (container) shaped like one, especially when used to serve the aforementioned food.
- A form of ruching used as a dress trimming or for neckwear, named from the manner in which it is gathered or fulled.
French
Etymology
From a combination of Vulgar Latin *conchilia (from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin conchylium) with coccum.
Pronunciation
Noun
coquille f (plural coquilles)
- shell
- (shell-shaped) dish; scallop
- typo, misprint
- (sports) athletic protector; groin guard, box, cup (protection for the male genitals)
- (medicine) vacuum mattress (for spinal immobilization)
- (medicine) egg crate mattress (for prevention of bedsores)
Related terms
Further reading
- “coquille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Noun
coquille oblique singular, f (oblique plural coquilles, nominative singular coquille, nominative plural coquilles)
- shell (hard protective outer layer of some animals)
Descendants
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