different between coquette vs moquette

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French coquette.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k??k?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ko??k?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

coquette (plural coquettes)

1. A woman who flirts or plays with men's affections.
2. Any hummingbird in the genus Lophornis

Related terms

Translations

Verb

coquette (third-person singular simple present coquettes, present participle coquetting, simple past and past participle coquetted)

1. Alternative form of coquet

French

Etymology

From coquet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.k?t/

Adjective

coquette

1. feminine singular of coquet

Noun

coquette f (plural coquettes)

1. flirt, tease

Descendants

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French moquette.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /m??k?t/, /m?(?)?k?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

moquette (countable and uncountable, plural moquettes)

1. A kind of fabric with a thick pile used for carpeting or to upholster seating etc.
   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 178:

     A winter of walking about in the rain down snowlit streets; overheated hotel-rooms with the smell of furry moquette […]
2. An article covered in such material.

French

Noun

moquette f (plural moquettes)

1. fitted carpet

Verb

moquette

1. first-person singular present indicative of moquetter
2. third-person singular present indicative of moquetter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of moquetter
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of moquetter
5. second-person singular imperative of moquetter

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

moquette f (plural moquetti)

1. fitted carpet