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cocotte

/kɔˈkɔt/

cocotte noun: small casserole (pot) for individual portions, similar to a Dutch oven.

cocotte: small casserole (pot) for individual portions, similar to a Dutch oven
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Noun

cocotte (plural cocottes)

  1. small casserole (pot) for individual portions, similar to a Dutch oven
  2. (dated) demimonde, courtesan
    • This one is a woman, with all a woman’s wit, combined with the heartlessness of a cocotte.1911, Bram Stoker, chapter XXI, in The Lair of the White Worm, London: William Rider and Son, […], →OCLC
    • […] she had had the novel experience of looking down from the restaurant terrace on an audience of "cocottes," and having her husband interpret to her as much of the songs as he thought suitable for bridal ears.1920, Edith Wharton, The Age of Innocence, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC

cocotte meaning in Tamil

cocotte in Tamil

ஒயிற்பரத்தை

Forms of cocotte

pluralcocottes

Origin of cocotte

Borrowed from French cocotte.

Questions about cocotte

What does cocotte mean?
Cocotte means small casserole (pot) for individual portions, similar to a Dutch oven.
What is cocotte in Tamil?
Cocotte in Tamil is ஒயிற்பரத்தை. See Cocotte meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cocotte?
Cocotte is a noun.
How do you pronounce cocotte?
Cocotte is pronounced /kɔˈkɔt/.
What is the plural of cocotte?
The plural of cocotte is cocottes.

Words near cocotte in the dictionary

  1. cocositol
  2. cocosoid
  3. cocoswood
  4. COCOT
  5. COCOTs
  6. cocotte
  7. cocottes
  8. cocounsel
  9. cocounseled
  10. cocounseling
  11. cocounselled

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cocotte (page history and authors); cocotte (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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