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Definition: Coquette |
CoquetteNoun1. A seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men. Verb1. Talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "coquette" was first used: 1669. (references) |
Etymology: Coquette \Co*quette"\, noun. [French expression, from coquet, coquette, coquettish, originally, cocklike, strutting like cock, from coq cock. Compare to Cock, Cocket, Cocky, Cockade.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: CoquetteSynonyms: minx (n), prickteaser (n), tease (n), vamp (n), vamper (n), butterfly (v), chat up (v), coquet (v), dally (v), flirt (v), mash (v), philander (v), romance (v). (additional references) |
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The movie was adapted by John Grey, Allen McNeil and Sam Taylor from the play by George Abbott and Ann Preston Bridgers. It was directed by Sam Taylor.
It won the Academy Award for Best Actress (Mary Pickford).
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Affectation | Affector, performer, actor; pedant, pedagogue, doctrinaire, purist, euphuist, mannerist; grimacier; lump of affectation, precieuse ridicule, bas bleu, blue stocking, poetaster; prig; charlatan; (deceiver); petit maitre; (fop); flatterer; coquette, prude, puritan. |
Fop | Fine lady, coquette; flirt, vamp. |
Love | Flirt, coquette; amorette; pair of turtledoves; abode of love, agapemone. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Coquette |
| English words defined with "coquette": coquettish ♦ flirtatious ♦ Spangled coquette. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "coquette": ANGLICIZED WORDS. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "coquette": Cockade. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Coquette" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (coquette). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Une femme coquette (1955) Coquette (1929) The College Coquette (1929) | |
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| "Coquette" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 90.91% of the time. "Coquette" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 90.91% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Noun (proper) | 9.09% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 11 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "coquette": spangled coquette. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
coquette | 99 |
coquette lingerie | 31 |
la petite coquette | 20 |
cafe coquette | 5 |
coquette foster | 3 |
coquette diamond michele watch | 2 |
coquette kitten | 2 |
le petite coquette | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "coquette"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | koketë, grua lozonjare, femër lozanjare. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | المغناج (coquet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | кокетка (flirt, jilt, kitten, minx, puss). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | koketa. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | لوند(coquet), لوند, لاسی (Coquettish, Skittish), زن لاسی , زن عشوه گر, عشوه گری , عشوه گر (Coquettish), طنازی کردن , طناز. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | keimailija (flirt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | coquette. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | kokette (flirtatiously). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κοκέτα (jilt), φιλάρεσκη γυναίκα, φιλάρεσκοσ (coquetish, coquettish, coxcomb, dandified, dressy), φλερτάρω (flirt, flirt with). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מתח ח ת. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kacér (coquettish, flirty, skittish). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | wanita genit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | civetta (hussy, jilt, minx, owl, owlet). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | コカの木 (coca tree, Coca-Cola, cocaine, cockpit, cocoa, COCOM, COCOM list, Coordinating Committee for Export to Communist Area, coquetterie, coquettish, cuckoo, obsessively trend-conscious teen-age girls who may offer themselves for enjou kousai with older men in order to finance their lifestyle, shell). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | コケット . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | caillin eddrym. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oquettecay coquete, mulher atraente (crummy). (various references) cochetã (flirt, jilt, minx), cocheta (gallivant). (various references) кокетка (flirt, jilt, minx). (various references) koketan, koketa (flirt). (various references) coqueta (coquettish, flirt, flirtatious, pretty). (various references) kokett (coquettish, flighty). (various references) ผู้หญิงที่ยั่วยวนผู้ชาย. (various references) yosma (cocotte, jade), koket (cocotte), işveli (coquettish, enticing), fingirdek kadın (light-o'love). (various references) кокетка (flirt, jilt, minx, puss). (various references) người đ n b hay l m đỏm. (various references) coegen (minx), mursennu (mince), mursen (prude). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Old French | 900-1400 | coq. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "coquette": coquetted, coquettes. (additional references) | |
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"Coquette" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Caqueta, Casquette, Choque, cocette, coguette, Cokertme, coquat, Coque, coquete, coquetel, coquett, coqui, coueite, couette, Kikwete, Roquette, Rouquette. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-o-q-t-t-u" | |
-2 letters: coquet, toquet. | |
-3 letters: octet, quote, toque, tutee. | |
-4 letters: cete, cote, cute, tote, tout. | |
-5 letters: cee, cot, cue, cut, ecu, out, tee, tet, toe, tot, tut. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-o-q-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: coquetted, coquettes, croquette. | |
+2 letters: croquettes. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Translations: Ancient 12. Derivations | 13. Anagrams 14. Bibliography |
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