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.

Translations

a flirt or coquet(te)

• Finnish: koketti (fi), flirttailija

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; to lead on.
   • November 26, 1725, Jonathan Swift, letter to Alexander Pope

     You [are] coquetting a maid of honour.

Derived terms

• coquettish

Translations

act as a flirt or coquet

• Bulgarian: кокетирам (koketiram)
• Danish: kokettere
• Finnish: koketeerata (fi)
• German: kokettieren (de)
• Norwegian: kokettere
• Polish: kokietować (pl)
• Swedish: kokettera (sv)

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French coquet, diminutive of coq (“cock”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuˈkɛt]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [koˈkət]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koˈket]

Adjective

coquet (feminine coqueta, masculine plural coquets, feminine plural coquetes)

1. charming, flirtatious
2. vain, frivolous

   Synonyms: presumit, frívol

Derived terms

• coquetejar
• coqueteria
• coquetó

Further reading

• “coquet” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koːˈkɛt/
• Hyphenation: co‧quet
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Adjective

coquet (comparative coquetter, superlative coquetst)

1. Superseded spelling of koket.

Usage notes

• The spelling coquet was deprecated in 1996 in the new Groene Boekje (“Little Green Book”) spelling reform.

Declension

Declension 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/

• Audio:

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Adjective

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

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

Derived terms

• coquetterie

Descendants

• → Afrikaans: koket
• → Catalan: coquet
• → Dutch: koket
• → German: kokett
• → Thai: โก้เก๋

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

coquet

1. third-person singular future active indicative of coquō