"coucou" meaning in French

See coucou in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /ku.ku/ Audio: Fr-coucou.ogg
Rhymes: -u Etymology: Inherited from Old French cucu; onomatopoeic derivative of the call of the cuckoo (bird), coucou, or from Latin cuculus. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|cucu|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French cucu, {{inh+|fr|fro|cucu}} Inherited from Old French cucu, {{onomatopoeic|fr|nocap=1}} onomatopoeic, {{inh|fr|la|cuculus}} Latin cuculus
  1. cuckoo; the call of the cuckoo
    Sense id: en-coucou-fr-intj-dvl1Zfar
  2. (colloquial) hiya, hey; an informal greeting Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): Greetings
    Sense id: en-coucou-fr-intj-5vSP9hJX Disambiguation of Greetings: 2 38 38 2 2 8 4 5
  3. (colloquial) hiya, hey; an informal greeting
    (colloquial) (by extension) an informal goodbye, bye-bye
    Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): Greetings
    Sense id: en-coucou-fr-intj-6iVvbJw7 Disambiguation of Greetings: 2 38 38 2 2 8 4 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: coucouille

Noun

IPA: /ku.ku/ Audio: Fr-coucou.ogg Forms: coucous [plural]
Rhymes: -u Etymology: Inherited from Old French cucu; onomatopoeic derivative of the call of the cuckoo (bird), coucou, or from Latin cuculus. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|cucu|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French cucu, {{inh+|fr|fro|cucu}} Inherited from Old French cucu, {{onomatopoeic|fr|nocap=1}} onomatopoeic, {{inh|fr|la|cuculus}} Latin cuculus Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} coucou m (plural coucous)
  1. cuckoo (the bird) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-coucou-fr-noun-Bcjtqsao
  2. cuckoo (the cry of the bird) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-coucou-fr-noun-L82OE~tY
  3. cuckoo clock Tags: masculine Categories (lifeform): Birds, Flowers
    Sense id: en-coucou-fr-noun-GRidZOBx Disambiguation of Birds: 2 2 2 9 7 48 2 27 Disambiguation of Flowers: 2 5 5 2 4 41 10 30 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French onomatopoeias, French reduplications Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 0 3 3 0 1 56 1 35 Disambiguation of French onomatopoeias: 2 6 6 2 4 49 2 29 Disambiguation of French reduplications: 2 6 6 2 4 49 2 29
  4. cowslip (flower) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-coucou-fr-noun-eGq94vDs
  5. (informal) old plane; old crate; rust bucket; any old vehicle, especially one that is rickety Tags: informal, masculine
    Sense id: en-coucou-fr-noun-SnYRGCgG

Inflected forms

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