"coquet" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɒk.ɛt/ Forms: coquets [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French coquet (“little cockerel”), from coq (“cockerel”) + -et (“masculine diminutive suffix”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|coquet||little cockerel}} French coquet (“little cockerel”), {{m|fr|coq||cockerel}} coq (“cockerel”), {{m|fr|-et||masculine diminutive suffix}} -et (“masculine diminutive suffix”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} coquet (plural coquets)
  1. A flirtatious female; a coquette. Translations (a flirt or coquet(te)): koketti (Finnish), flirttailija (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-coquet-en-noun-VFCK0N2f Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 8 21 28 21 Disambiguation of 'a flirt or coquet(te)': 60 40
  2. (obsolete) A flirtatious male. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-coquet-en-noun-cNckA8Rw

Verb

IPA: /ˈkɒk.ɛt/ Forms: coquets [present, singular, third-person], coquetting [participle, present], coquetted [participle, past], coquetted [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from French coquet (“little cockerel”), from coq (“cockerel”) + -et (“masculine diminutive suffix”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|coquet||little cockerel}} French coquet (“little cockerel”), {{m|fr|coq||cockerel}} coq (“cockerel”), {{m|fr|-et||masculine diminutive suffix}} -et (“masculine diminutive suffix”) Head templates: {{en-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. Translations (act as a flirt or coquet): кокетирам (koketiram) (Bulgarian), kokettere (Danish), koketeerata (Finnish), kokettieren (German), kokettere (Norwegian), kokietować (Polish), kokettera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-coquet-en-verb-dAW0nY2M Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 8 21 28 21 Disambiguation of 'act as a flirt or coquet': 94 5 1
  2. To waste time; to dally.
    Sense id: en-coquet-en-verb-U9u6BMgk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 8 21 28 21
  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.
    Sense id: en-coquet-en-verb-0nL2bFND Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 8 21 28 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: coquettish

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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