different between coquet vs coquettish

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French coquet (“little cockerel”), from coq (“cockerel”) + -et (“masculine diminutive suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?k.?t/

Noun

coquet (plural coquets)

1. A flirtatious female; a coquette.
2. (obsolete) A flirtatious male.

Translations

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.
2. To waste time; to dally.
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.
   • November 26, 1725, Jonathan Swift, letter to Alexander Pope

     You [are] coquetting a maid of honour.

Derived terms

• coquettish

Translations

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko??k?t/
• Hyphenation: co?quet
• Rhymes: -?t

Adjective

coquet (comparative coquetter, superlative coquetst)

1. Superseded spelling of koket.

Usage notes

• The spelling coquet was deprecated in 1996 in the new Groene Boekje (“Little Green Book”) spelling reform.

Inflection

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.k?/

Adjective

coquet (feminine singular coquette, masculine plural coquets, feminine plural coquettes)

1. vain, conscious of one's appearance
2. sweet, cute, charming

Derived terms

• coquetterie

Descendants

• ? Afrikaans: koket
• ? Dutch: koket
• ? German: kokett
• ? Thai: ??????

Further reading

• “coquet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

coquet

1. third-person singular future active indicative of coqu?

English

Etymology

coquette +? -ish

Adjective

coquettish (comparative more coquettish, superlative most coquettish)

1. Of or relating to a young, flirtatious girl.
2. Characteristic of a coquet.

Synonyms

• flirtatious

Derived terms

• coquettishly
• coquettishness

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