"cockscomb" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cockscombs [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English cokkes comb; equivalent to cock + -s- + comb. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|cokkes comb}} Middle English cokkes comb, {{affix|en|cock|-s-|comb}} cock + -s- + comb Head templates: {{en-noun}} cockscomb (plural cockscombs)
  1. The fleshy red crest of a rooster Translations (fleshy red crest of a rooster): 'adiping (Amis), կատար (katar) (Armenian), জঁ (zõ) (Assamese), гребен (greben) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ကြက်မောက် (krakmauk) (Burmese), cresta de gall [feminine] (Catalan), 雞冠 (Chinese Cantonese), 鸡冠 (english: gai¹ gun¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 雞冠 (Chinese Mandarin), 鸡冠 (jīguàn) (Chinese Mandarin), hřebínek [masculine] (Czech), hanekam [common-gender] (Danish), hanenkam [masculine] (Dutch), reykur [masculine] (Faroese), kukonharja (Finnish), harjaheltta (Finnish), crête de coq [feminine] (French), Hahnenkamm [masculine] (German), λειρί (leirí) [neuter] (Greek), lepe (Hawaiian), כַּרְבֹּלֶת (karbólet) [feminine] (Hebrew), kakastaréj (Hungarian), círín coiligh [masculine] (Irish), 鶏冠 (tosaka) (alt: とさか) (Japanese), palung (Kapampangan), crista [feminine] (Latin), кикиришка (kikiriška) [feminine] (Macedonian), balung (Malay), خروس ایبكی (horos ibiği) (Ottoman Turkish), بلوچ (boluč) (Persian), grzebień [masculine] (Polish), crista [feminine] (Portuguese), creastă [feminine] (Romanian), гре́бень (grébenʹ) [masculine] (Russian), петуши́ный гре́бень (petušínyj grébenʹ) [masculine] (Russian), гребешо́к (grebešók) [masculine] (Russian), hrebienok [masculine] (Slovak), cresta [feminine] (Spanish), palong (Tagalog), หงอนไก่ (ngɔ̌ɔn-gài) (Thai), horoz ibiği (Turkish), crib ceiliog [masculine] (Welsh), cribell [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-cockscomb-en-noun-lSTCOS-b Disambiguation of 'fleshy red crest of a rooster': 92 3 1 2 1 1
  2. A red cap once worn by court jesters Categories (topical): Headwear, People Translations (red cap once worn by court jesters): narrehat [common-gender] (Danish), narrinhattu (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-cockscomb-en-noun-loV07RJj Disambiguation of Headwear: 3 29 30 16 10 12 Disambiguation of People: 0 20 7 22 26 26 Disambiguation of 'red cap once worn by court jesters': 2 76 8 4 1 9
  3. A yellow rattle, Rhinanthus minor (flowering plant native to Eurasia) Categories (topical): Headwear Categories (lifeform): Amaranth subfamily plants, Animal body parts, Broomrape family plants, Chickens
    Sense id: en-cockscomb-en-noun-zVvK8DY~ Disambiguation of Headwear: 3 29 30 16 10 12 Disambiguation of Amaranth subfamily plants: 4 19 38 23 6 9 Disambiguation of Animal body parts: 4 24 35 19 8 10 Disambiguation of Broomrape family plants: 4 21 43 20 6 7 Disambiguation of Chickens: 7 18 46 12 5 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms interfixed with -s- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 29 39 17 4 8 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 16 47 21 5 7 Disambiguation of English terms interfixed with -s-: 10 22 36 14 8 10
  4. An annual garden plant (Celosia argentea var. cristata, syn. Celosia cristata), having showy red clusters of flowers Categories (topical): Headwear, People Translations (Celosia cristata): петльов гребен (petljov greben) (Bulgarian), ကြက်မောက်ပန်း (krakmaukpan:) (Burmese), ကြက်မောက် (krakmauk) (Burmese), cresta de gall [feminine] (Catalan), 雞冠花 (Chinese Mandarin), 鸡冠花 (jīguānhuā) (Chinese Mandarin), kukonharja (Finnish), lepeamoa (Hawaiian), jengger ayam (Indonesian), 鶏頭 (keitō) (alt: ケイトウ) (Japanese), 맨드라미 (maendeurami) (Korean), خروس ایبكی (horos ibiği) (Ottoman Turkish), crista-de-galo [feminine] (Portuguese), ดอกหงอนไก่ (dɔ̀ɔk-ngɔ̌ɔn-gài) (Thai), crib ceiliog [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-cockscomb-en-noun-PtiQpwQb Disambiguation of Headwear: 3 29 30 16 10 12 Disambiguation of People: 0 20 7 22 26 26 Disambiguation of 'Celosia cristata': 0 12 25 58 1 3
  5. (archaic) A conceited dandy Tags: archaic Categories (topical): Headwear, People
    Sense id: en-cockscomb-en-noun-WNiour-g Disambiguation of Headwear: 3 29 30 16 10 12 Disambiguation of People: 0 20 7 22 26 26
  6. (nautical) A serrated cleat once fitted to the yards of a square-rigged ship and used when the sail was being reefed Categories (topical): Nautical, Headwear, People
    Sense id: en-cockscomb-en-noun-QDI2LpDF Disambiguation of Headwear: 3 29 30 16 10 12 Disambiguation of People: 0 20 7 22 26 26 Topics: nautical, transport
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cock's comb, cock's-comb [archaic], coxcomb Derived forms: cockscombed, common cockscomb (alt: syn. Celosia cristata) (taxonomic: Celosia argentea var. cristata), garden cockscomb (alt: syn. Celosia cristata) (taxonomic: Celosia argentea var. cristata), plumed cockscomb (taxonomic: Celosia argentea), silver cockscomb (taxonomic: Celosia argentea), yellow cockscomb (taxonomic: Rhinanthus crista-galli)

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "petušínyj grébenʹ",
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          "word": "ကြက်မောက်ပန်း"
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          "sense": "Celosia cristata",
          "word": "雞冠花"
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          "word": "鸡冠花"
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          "sense": "Celosia cristata",
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          "sense": "Celosia cristata",
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          "sense": "Celosia cristata",
          "word": "鶏頭"
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          "sense": "Celosia cristata",
          "word": "맨드라미"
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          "word": "خروس ایبكی"
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          "sense": "Celosia cristata",
          "word": "ดอกหงอนไก่"
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      "sense": "fleshy red crest of a rooster",
      "word": "'adiping"
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      "roman": "katar",
      "sense": "fleshy red crest of a rooster",
      "word": "կատար"
    },
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      "roman": "zõ",
      "sense": "fleshy red crest of a rooster",
      "word": "জঁ"
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      "sense": "fleshy red crest of a rooster",
      "word": "雞冠"
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      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "fleshy red crest of a rooster",
      "word": "鸡冠"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "fleshy red crest of a rooster",
      "word": "雞冠"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jīguàn",
      "sense": "fleshy red crest of a rooster",
      "word": "鸡冠"
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      "sense": "fleshy red crest of a rooster",
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      "code": "fo",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fleshy red crest of a rooster",
      "word": "kukonharja"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fleshy red crest of a rooster",
      "word": "harjaheltta"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "fleshy red crest of a rooster",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "crête de coq"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fleshy red crest of a rooster",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hahnenkamm"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "fleshy red crest of a rooster",
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      ],
      "word": "λειρί"
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      "sense": "fleshy red crest of a rooster",
      "word": "lepe"
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      "alt": "とさか",
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      "sense": "fleshy red crest of a rooster",
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      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "sense": "fleshy red crest of a rooster",
      "word": "palung"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "fleshy red crest of a rooster",
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      "roman": "kikiriška",
      "sense": "fleshy red crest of a rooster",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "fleshy red crest of a rooster",
      "word": "balung"
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      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "horos ibiği",
      "sense": "fleshy red crest of a rooster",
      "word": "خروس ایبكی"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
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      "sense": "fleshy red crest of a rooster",
      "word": "بلوچ"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "fleshy red crest of a rooster",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "grzebień"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "fleshy red crest of a rooster",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "crista"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "fleshy red crest of a rooster",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "creastă"
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      "sense": "fleshy red crest of a rooster",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "гре́бень"
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      "roman": "petušínyj grébenʹ",
      "sense": "fleshy red crest of a rooster",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "петуши́ный гре́бень"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "grebešók",
      "sense": "fleshy red crest of a rooster",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гребешо́к"
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "fleshy red crest of a rooster",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "hrebienok"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "fleshy red crest of a rooster",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cresta"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "fleshy red crest of a rooster",
      "word": "palong"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ngɔ̌ɔn-gài",
      "sense": "fleshy red crest of a rooster",
      "word": "หงอนไก่"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "fleshy red crest of a rooster",
      "word": "horoz ibiği"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "fleshy red crest of a rooster",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "crib ceiliog"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "fleshy red crest of a rooster",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cribell"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "red cap once worn by court jesters",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "narrehat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "red cap once worn by court jesters",
      "word": "narrinhattu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "petljov greben",
      "sense": "Celosia cristata",
      "word": "петльов гребен"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "krakmaukpan:",
      "sense": "Celosia cristata",
      "word": "ကြက်မောက်ပန်း"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "krakmauk",
      "sense": "Celosia cristata",
      "word": "ကြက်မောက်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Celosia cristata",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cresta de gall"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Celosia cristata",
      "word": "雞冠花"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jīguānhuā",
      "sense": "Celosia cristata",
      "word": "鸡冠花"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Celosia cristata",
      "word": "kukonharja"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "Celosia cristata",
      "word": "lepeamoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "Celosia cristata",
      "word": "jengger ayam"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ケイトウ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "keitō",
      "sense": "Celosia cristata",
      "word": "鶏頭"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "maendeurami",
      "sense": "Celosia cristata",
      "word": "맨드라미"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "horos ibiği",
      "sense": "Celosia cristata",
      "word": "خروس ایبكی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Celosia cristata",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "crista-de-galo"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "dɔ̀ɔk-ngɔ̌ɔn-gài",
      "sense": "Celosia cristata",
      "word": "ดอกหงอนไก่"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "Celosia cristata",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "crib ceiliog"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cockscomb"
}

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