coucou

English

Noun

coucou (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of coo-coo (“Barbadian food”)

French

coucou

Etymology

Inherited from Old French cucu; onomatopoeic derivative of the call of the cuckoo (bird), coucou, or from Latin cuculus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.ku/

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• Rhymes: -u

Noun

coucou m (plural coucous)

1. cuckoo (the bird)
2. cuckoo (the cry of the bird)
3. cuckoo clock
4. cowslip (flower)
5. (informal) old plane; old crate; rust bucket; any old vehicle, especially one that is rickety

Interjection

coucou

1. cuckoo; the call of the cuckoo
2. (colloquial) hiya, hey; an informal greeting
   1. (colloquial) (by extension) an informal goodbye, bye-bye

Derived terms

• coucouille

Further reading

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

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kowˈkow]

Noun

coucou m (plural coucous)

1. toad

   Synonyms: costro, sapo, estombo

References

• “coucou” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.

Norman

Etymology

From Old French cucu, from Latin cucūlus.

Noun

coucou m (plural coucous)

1. (Jersey) cuckoo
2. (Jersey) striped wrasse