different between flirter vs coquette

English

Etymology

From flirt +? -er. Compare Old English fleardere (“one who acts wantonly or with folly”).

Noun

flirter (plural flirters)

1. One who flirts.
   • 1988, Glamour (volume 86, issues 7-9, page 26)

     I just ended a relationship with a compulsive flirter, after realizing that no one deserved to be treated as I was.

Anagrams

• trifler

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English flirt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flœ?.te/

Verb

flirter

1. (intransitive) to flirt

   Hyponym: see courir les filles

Conjugation

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See also

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• filtrer, flétrir

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

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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).