cocon

cocon (plural cocons)

1. Obsolete form of cocoon.

Borrowed from French cocon.

• IPA^(key): /koːˈkɔn/

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• Hyphenation: co‧con
• Rhymes: -ɔn

cocon m (plural cocons, diminutive coconnetje n)

1. cocoon

   Synonym: pop

• → Indonesian: kokon

From Occitan coucoun (“cocoon”), derived from coco (“shell”).

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.kɔ̃/

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• Homophone: cocons
• Hyphenation: co‧con

cocon m (plural cocons)

1. (zoology) cocoon
2. (figuratively) cocoon

• → Danish: kokon
• → Dutch: cocon
  • → Indonesian: kokon

• “cocon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Unknown. Probably derived from the root coc(a) (“child”).

• IPA^(key): /koˈkon/
• Rhymes: -on
• Hyphenation: co‧con

cocon m (plural coconi)

1. (dated) gentleman

   Synonym: domn

2. (archaic) son, boy, child

   Synonyms: fiu, băiat, fecior, copil

3. (archaic) prince or other youth of high birth

   Synonym: prinț

• cucon

• cucoană / cocoană / coană

Borrowed from French cocon.

cocon m (plural coconi)

1. cocoon

• “cocon”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025