cocorico
See also: cocoricó
English
Noun
cocorico (plural cocoricos)
- Alternative form of cocrico.
French
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ko.ko.ʁi.ko/
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Noun
cocorico m (plural cocoricos)
- cock-a-doodle-do
- 1916, “Verdun, on ne passe pas!”, performed by Eugène Joullot and Jack Cazoll:
- Mais tout à coup, le coq gaulois claironne: Cocorico, debout petits soldats!
- But out of the blue, the Gallic rooster trumpets: cock-a-doodle-do, arise little soldiers!
Further reading
- “cocorico”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.