koken

See also: Koken, kōken, and köken

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Japanese 後見 (kōken, "a staff in noh and kabuki").

Note: In Japanese, a black-clad person is referred as 黒衣 (kuroko), and 黒衣 is one of the 後見 in noh and kabuki.

Noun

koken (plural kokens)

1. (theater) A black-clad person who enters the stage to rearrange the set, unremarked by the actors

Anagrams

• Knoke

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Dutch

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Middle Dutch cōken, from Old Dutch *kokon, from late Proto-Germanic *kukōną, either from *kukaz (“cook”) from Latin coquus, or borrowed from Vulgar Latin *coco, cocere, from Latin coquō, coquere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoː.kə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: ko‧ken
• Rhymes: -oːkən

Verb

koken

1. (transitive, intransitive) to cook, boil
2. (intransitive, figuratively) to seethe, boil with anger

Inflection

Conjugation of koken (weak)
infinitive	koken
past singular	kookte
past participle	gekookt
infinitive	koken
gerund	koken n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	kook	kookte
2nd person sing. (jij)	kookt	kookte
2nd person sing. (u)	kookt	kookte
2nd person sing. (gij)	kookt	kookte
3rd person singular	kookt	kookte
plural	koken	kookten
subjunctive sing.1	koke	kookte
subjunctive plur.1	koken	kookten
imperative sing.	kook
imperative plur.1	kookt
participles	kokend	gekookt
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

• koker
• kookboek
• kookeiland
• kookkunst
• kookplaat
• kookpunt

Related terms

• keuken

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kook

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Japanese

Romanization

koken

1. Rōmaji transcription of こけん