"cochenille" meaning in All languages combined

See cochenille on Wiktionary

Noun [French]

IPA: /kɔʃ.nij/ [France], /kɔʃ.nɪj/ [Quebec] Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-cochenille.wav [France], LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-cochenille.wav [France, Lyon], LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-cochenille.wav [France] (note: Somain) Forms: cochenilles [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French cochenille, cossenille, probably borrowed from Spanish cochinilla, itself probably a diminutive of cochino. Other proposed etymologies, such as Latin coccinus through the intermediate of Italian cocciniglia, or Ancient Greek κόκκινος (kókkinos) through a Spanish intermediate, are less likely. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|cochenille|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French cochenille, {{inh+|fr|frm|cochenille}} Inherited from Middle French cochenille, {{bor|fr|es|cochinilla}} Spanish cochinilla, {{der|fr|la|coccinus}} Latin coccinus, {{der|fr|grc|κόκκινος}} Ancient Greek κόκκινος (kókkinos) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} cochenille f (plural cochenilles)
  1. any insect of the superfamily Coccoidea, such as Icerya purchasi: a scale insect Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-cochenille-fr-noun-GLnkOVoO Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 45
  2. (especially) cochineal (Dactylopius coccus, insect and pigment) Tags: especially, feminine
    Sense id: en-cochenille-fr-noun-c6eK~gBp Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "cochenille",
      "cochenille#Middle_French"
    ],
    [
      "cossenille",
      "cossenille#Middle_French"
    ],
    [
      "cochinilla",
      "cochinilla#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "cochino",
      "cochino#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "coccinus",
      "coccinus#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "cocciniglia",
      "cocciniglia#Italian"
    ],
    [
      "κόκκινος",
      "κόκκινος#Ancient_Greek"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "cochenille",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French cochenille",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "cochenille"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Middle French cochenille",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "es",
        "3": "cochinilla"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish cochinilla",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "coccinus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin coccinus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "κόκκινος"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek κόκκινος (kókkinos)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Middle French cochenille, cossenille, probably borrowed from Spanish cochinilla, itself probably a diminutive of cochino. Other proposed etymologies, such as Latin coccinus through the intermediate of Italian cocciniglia, or Ancient Greek κόκκινος (kókkinos) through a Spanish intermediate, are less likely.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cochenilles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "cochenille f (plural cochenilles)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "58 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "any insect of the superfamily Coccoidea, such as Icerya purchasi: a scale insect"
      ],
      "id": "en-cochenille-fr-noun-GLnkOVoO",
      "links": [
        [
          "superfamily",
          "superfamily"
        ],
        [
          "Coccoidea",
          "Coccoidea#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "scale insect",
          "scale insect"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cochineal (Dactylopius coccus, insect and pigment)"
      ],
      "id": "en-cochenille-fr-noun-c6eK~gBp",
      "links": [
        [
          "cochineal",
          "cochineal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(especially) cochineal (Dactylopius coccus, insect and pigment)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "especially",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔʃ.nij/",
      "tags": [
        "France"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔʃ.nɪj/",
      "tags": [
        "Quebec"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-cochenille.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/08/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Mecanautes-cochenille.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Mecanautes-cochenille.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/08/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Mecanautes-cochenille.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Mecanautes-cochenille.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "France"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-cochenille.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/71/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-cochenille.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-cochenille.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/71/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-cochenille.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-cochenille.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "France",
        "Lyon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-cochenille.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e0/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my-G%C3%BCnther-Heinz_J%C3%A4hnick-cochenille.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my-G%C3%BCnther-Heinz_J%C3%A4hnick-cochenille.wav.mp3",
      "note": "Somain",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e0/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my-G%C3%BCnther-Heinz_J%C3%A4hnick-cochenille.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my-G%C3%BCnther-Heinz_J%C3%A4hnick-cochenille.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "France"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cochenille"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "French 2-syllable words",
    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French feminine nouns",
    "French lemmas",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms borrowed from Spanish",
    "French terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "French terms derived from Latin",
    "French terms derived from Middle French",
    "French terms derived from Spanish",
    "French terms inherited from Middle French",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_links": [
    [
      "cochenille",
      "cochenille#Middle_French"
    ],
    [
      "cossenille",
      "cossenille#Middle_French"
    ],
    [
      "cochinilla",
      "cochinilla#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "cochino",
      "cochino#Spanish"
    ],
    [
      "coccinus",
      "coccinus#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "cocciniglia",
      "cocciniglia#Italian"
    ],
    [
      "κόκκινος",
      "κόκκινος#Ancient_Greek"
    ]
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "i",
        "3": "I"
      },
      "expansion": "I",
      "name": "yesno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Inherited"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "cochenille",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French cochenille",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "cochenille"
      },
      "expansion": "Inherited from Middle French cochenille",
      "name": "inh+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "es",
        "3": "cochinilla"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish cochinilla",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "coccinus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin coccinus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "κόκκινος"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek κόκκινος (kókkinos)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Inherited from Middle French cochenille, cossenille, probably borrowed from Spanish cochinilla, itself probably a diminutive of cochino. Other proposed etymologies, such as Latin coccinus through the intermediate of Italian cocciniglia, or Ancient Greek κόκκινος (kókkinos) through a Spanish intermediate, are less likely.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cochenilles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "cochenille f (plural cochenilles)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "any insect of the superfamily Coccoidea, such as Icerya purchasi: a scale insect"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "superfamily",
          "superfamily"
        ],
        [
          "Coccoidea",
          "Coccoidea#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "scale insect",
          "scale insect"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cochineal (Dactylopius coccus, insect and pigment)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cochineal",
          "cochineal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(especially) cochineal (Dactylopius coccus, insect and pigment)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "especially",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔʃ.nij/",
      "tags": [
        "France"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɔʃ.nɪj/",
      "tags": [
        "Quebec"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-cochenille.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/08/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Mecanautes-cochenille.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Mecanautes-cochenille.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/08/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Mecanautes-cochenille.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Mecanautes-cochenille.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "France"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-cochenille.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/71/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-cochenille.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-cochenille.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/71/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-cochenille.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-cochenille.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "France",
        "Lyon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-cochenille.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e0/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my-G%C3%BCnther-Heinz_J%C3%A4hnick-cochenille.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my-G%C3%BCnther-Heinz_J%C3%A4hnick-cochenille.wav.mp3",
      "note": "Somain",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e0/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my-G%C3%BCnther-Heinz_J%C3%A4hnick-cochenille.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my-G%C3%BCnther-Heinz_J%C3%A4hnick-cochenille.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "France"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cochenille"
}

Download raw JSONL data for cochenille meaning in All languages combined (4.3kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-10-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-10-01 using wiktextract (c1bb342 and 6f96ddf). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.