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coquet

/ˈkɒk.ɛt/

coquet noun: a flirtatious female; a coquette.

Noun

coquet (plural coquets)

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

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.

Proper noun capitalized: Coquet

the Coquet

  1. A river in Northumberland, England, which flows into the North Sea at Amble; in full, the River Coquet.

coquet meaning in Tamil

coquet in Tamil

பசப்புதல்

Forms of coquet

Noun
pluralcoquets
Verb
third-person singular presentcoquets
present participlecoquetting
past participlecoquetted
pastcoquetted

Origin of coquet

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

Words formed from coquet

Questions about coquet

What does coquet mean?
Coquet means a flirtatious female; a coquette.
What is coquet in Tamil?
Coquet in Tamil is பசப்புதல். See Coquet meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is coquet?
Coquet can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce coquet?
Coquet is pronounced /ˈkɒk.ɛt/.
What is the plural of coquet?
The plural of coquet is coquets.

Words near coquet in the dictionary

  1. Coquelles
  2. coquels
  3. coqueluche
  4. coqueluches
  5. coques
  6. coquet
  7. coquetoon
  8. coquetoons
  9. coquetries
  10. coquetry
  11. coquets

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Adapted from Wiktionary: coquet (page history and authors); Coquet (page history and authors); coquet (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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