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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024co•cotte1 (kō kot′, kə-; Fr. kô kôt′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -cottes (-kots′; Fr. -kôt′).USA pronunciation - prostitute.
- French: origin, originally a child's word for a hen, equivalent. to coq cock1 + -otte feminine suffix
- 1865–70
(-kots′; Fr. -kôt′).USA pronunciation - Fooda round or oval casserole, usually of earthenware or fireproof porcelain, used especially for cooking an individual portion of meat, fowl, or game.
- Medieval Greek koukoumárion (or its presumed Vulgar Latin source), ultimately derivative of Latin cucuma kettle
- French: small cast-iron pot for stewing meat; alteration, by suffix substitution, of Middle French cocasse, coquasse applied to various receptacles, obscurely akin to coquemar kettle, by uncertain mediation
- 1865–70
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cocotte /kəʊˈkɒt kə-; French: kɔkɔt/ n - a small fireproof dish in which individual portions of food are cooked and served
- a prostitute or promiscuous woman
Etymology: 19th Century: from French, from nursery word for a hen, feminine of coq cock1 |