coco
Pronunciation: /ko.ko/
“coco” is a French word. Its 9 meanings in English:
noun
- Fruit of the coconut palm, also called noix de coco
- a kind of bean
- Motor fuel
- a type of licorice drink, by analogy with coconut milk
- Commie
- cocaine
- egg
- friendly, joking term for a friend; pal, mate, buddy
- aggressive, disdainful term of address, usually preceded by mon, ma, or mes. Roughly punk or buddy, as in “You wanna try, punk?”, or “Hey buddy, what do you think you’re doing?”
In French
- Noix de coco, fruit du cocotier.
- Fibres provenant de la partie ligneuse de la noix coco.
- Cocotier.
- Tête.
- Estomac, ventre.
- Nom donné à l’œuf par les enfants.
- Boisson faite avec de l’eau et du bois de réglisse.
- Eau-de-vie, vin médiocre.
- Carburant.
- Nom affectueux ou plaisant donné à une personne de son entourage.
- Interpellation péjorative ou méprisante. — En général précédé par « mon » ou « ma », ou au pluriel « mes ».
- Communiste.
Etymology
From Middle French coche, coco, from Italian cocco and Spanish coco, both from Portuguese coco. The fruit was originally referred to by the Spanish equivalent of croque-mitaine (“bogeyman”), due to the spooky face-like appearance of the three dots at the end of the shell, which developed in coco. As in English, the fruit was originally referred to as coco (in the 16th century), but in the 17th…
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