coquet

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɒk.ɛt/

Noun

coquet (plural coquets)

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

Verb

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.
    • Jonathan Swift
      You are coquetting a maid of honour.

Derived terms

Translations

Dutch

Adjective

coquet (comparative coquetter, superlative coquetst)

  1. superseded spelling of koket.

Usage notes

Inflection

Inflection 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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ.kɛ/
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Adjective

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

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

Derived terms

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Further reading

Latin

Verb

coquet

  1. third-person singular future active indicative of coquō
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