couac

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French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kwak/
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

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Imitative.

Interjection

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couac

  1. noise of a crow. caw, squawk, croak

Noun

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couac m (plural couacs)

  1. (music) false note
    • 2019, Alain Damasio, chapter 5, in Les furtifs [The Stealthies], La Volte, →ISBN:
      À l’entendre, on dirait que chaque couac et chaque vrille, chaque onde, chaque stridence qu’elle tire délibérément de l’instrument, et qu’elle projette dans tout le volume, rageuse, sans ordre, hachée, elle l’extirpe de sa colère intérieure []
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  2. (figurative) joke in bad taste

Etymology 2

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Cariban (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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couac m (plural couacs)

  1. a type of flour made from manioc

Further reading

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Paronyms

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