cocon

English

Noun

cocon (plural cocons)

1. Obsolete form of cocoon.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French cocon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koːˈkɔn/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: co‧con
• Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

cocon m (plural cocons, diminutive coconnetje n)

1. cocoon

   Synonym: pop

Descendants

• → Indonesian: kokon

French

cocon

Etymology

From Occitan coucoun (“cocoon”), derived from coco (“shell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.kɔ̃/

• Audio (France):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Homophone: cocons
• Hyphenation: co‧con

Noun

cocon m (plural cocons)

1. (zoology) cocoon
2. (figuratively) cocoon

Descendants

• → Danish: kokon
• → Dutch: cocon
  • → Indonesian: kokon
• → German: Kokon
• → Norwegian: kokong
• → Polish: kokon
• → Romanian: cocon
• → Russian: ко́кон (kókon)

Further reading

• “cocon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Romanian

Alternative forms

• кокон (cocon) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology 1

Unknown. Probably derived from the root coc(a) (“child”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈkon/
• Rhymes: -on
• Hyphenation: co‧con

Noun

cocon m (plural coconi)

1. (dated) gentleman

   Synonym: domn

2. (archaic) son, boy, child

   Synonyms: fiu, băiat, fecior, copil

3. (archaic) prince or other youth of high birth

   Synonym: prinț

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	cocon	coconul		coconi	coconii
genitive-dative	cocon	coconului		coconi	coconilor
vocative	coconule, cocoane			coconilor

Alternative forms

• cucon

Derived terms

• cucoană / cocoană / coană

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French cocon.

Noun

cocon m (plural coconi)

1. cocoon

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	cocon	coconul		coconi	coconii
genitive-dative	cocon	coconului		coconi	coconilor
vocative	coconule			coconilor

Further reading

• “cocon”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026