# coque
## English
### Etymology

From French coque (literally “shell”). Doublet of coco.

### Noun

coque (plural coques)
* A small loop or bow of ribbon used in making hats, boas, etc.

## Francisco León Zoque
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

coque
* fish

### References

* Engel, Ralph, Allhiser de Engel, Mary, Mateo Alvarez, José (1987) Diccionario zoque de Francisco León (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 30)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 18

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French coque (“shell”), from Latin coccum (“berry”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔk/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔk
* Homophones: coq, coqs, coques

### Noun

coque f (plural coques)
* shell (of an animal's egg)
* the casing of a phone
* (nautical) hull
* cockle

#### Derived terms

* à la coque
* cocard
* fruit à coque
* monocoque

#### Related terms

* cocon
* coquer
* coquillage
* coquille
* coquin
* œuf à la coque
* sortir de sa coque

#### Descendants

* → English: coque
* → Italian: coque
* → Portuguese: coque
* →? Romanian: coc

### Further reading

* “coque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French coque (“egg's shell”). Doublet of cocco.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔk/
* Rhymes: -ɔk

### Noun

coque f (invariable)
* Only used in uovo alla coque (“soft-boiled egg”)

## Latin
### Noun

coque
* vocative singular of coquus

### Verb

coque
* second-person singular present active imperative of coquō

## Pipil
### Alternative forms

* (Cuisnahuat) coquetzpal

### Etymology

Truncated form of coquetzpal. Compare Classical Nahuatl cuauhcuetzpalin (“lizard”).

### Pronunciation

* (standard) IPA: /ˈkuke/
* (Witzapan) IPA: /ˈɡuɣe/

### Noun

coque (plural cohcoque)
* (Huitzapan) iguana
    Ne coque quiza motonalhuia mohmozta ihpac oni tetontiThe iguana comes out to sun on top of that rock every day
* (Huitzapan) black iguana

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɔ.ki/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɔ.ki/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈkɔ.ke/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈkɔ.kɨ/
* Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔki, (Portugal) -ɔkɨ
* Hyphenation: co‧que

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French coque. Doublet of coco.

#### Noun

coque m (plural coques)
* bun (a tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English coke.

#### Noun

coque m (plural coques)
* coke (solid residue from roasting coal)

### Etymology 3

Onomatopoeic.

#### Noun

coque m (plural coques)
* a rap on the head with the knuckles
    Synonyms: cocorote, cascudo, carolo, cocre, tafoné

### References

* 1 2 “coque”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* 1 2 “coque”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English coke.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkoke/ [ˈko.ke]
* Rhymes: -oke
* Syllabification: co‧que

### Noun

coque m (plural coques)
* coke (solid fuel from coal)

### Further reading

* “coque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10