cocoon

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Etymology

From French cocon, diminutive of coque (“shell”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kəˈkuːn/ [kʰɘ̞ˈkʰu̟ːn]
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -uːn
Homophone: kokoon

Noun

cocoon (plural cocoons)

The silky case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, protecting the pupa within.
Any similar protective case, whether real or metaphorical.
- 1997 June 24, Robert Dart, quotee, “CTA To Leave Train Conductors At The Station”, in Chicago Tribune‎^[1]:
  The bad guys generally don’t like to get on trains, because they’re trapped on a moving cocoon that the CTA controls.

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Malayalam: കൊക്കൂൺ (kokkūṇ)

Translations

protective case spun by the larvae of some insects

Afrikaans: kokon
Albanian: fshikë (sq)
Arabic: شَرْنَقَة (ar) f (šarnaqa)
Armenian: բոժոժ (hy) (božož), խոզակ (hy) (xozak)
Azerbaijani: barama (az)
Belarusian: ко́кан m (kókan)
Bulgarian: пашкул (bg) m (paškul), какавида f (kakavida)
Burmese: ပိုးအိမ် (my) (pui:im)
Catalan: capoll (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 繭 / 茧 (zh) (jiǎn)
Czech: kukla (cs) f, kokon (cs) m, zámotek m
Danish: kokon (da) c
Dutch: cocon (nl) c
Esperanto: kokono
Estonian: nukk, kookon
Faroese: spunahylki n
Finnish: kotelo (fi); kokongi (fi) (cocoon of silkworm)
French: cocon (fr) m
Georgian: აბრეშუმის პარკი (abrešumis ṗarḳi)
German: Kokon (de) m
Greek: κουκούλι (el) n (koukoúli)
Gujarati: કોશેટો m (kośeṭo)
Hebrew: פְּקַעַת (he) f (pqá'at)
Hindi: खोल (hi) m (khol)
Hungarian: gubó (hu), selyemgubó (hu), báb (hu)
Icelandic: lirfuhýði n, egghylki n
Ido: kokono (io)
Irish: cocún m
Italian: bozzolo (it) m
Japanese: 繭 (ja) (まゆ, mayu)
Khmer: សំបុកនាង (sɑmbok nieng)
Korean: 고치 (gochi)
Kyrgyz: пилла (pilla)
Latvian: kokons m
Macedonian: кокона f (kokona)
Malay: kokun
Malayalam: കൊക്കൂൺ (kokkūṇ)
Māori: kopa (mi)
Marathi: कोश (koś)
Navajo: kʼaalógii bitʼoh (for a butterfly), iichʼąhii bitʼoh (for a moth)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kokong m

Nynorsk: kokong m
Pashto: غوزه (ps) f
Persian: پیله (fa) (pile)
Plautdietsch: Kockun m
Polish: kokon (pl) m
Portuguese: casulo (pt) m
Romanian: cocon (ro) m, gogoașă (ro) f, gogoașă de mătase (ro) f
Russian: ко́кон (ru) m (kókon)
Rwanda-Rundi: cocon
Scottish Gaelic: cochall m
Serbo-Croatian:
Latin: čahura (sh) f, čaura (sh) f
Slovak: kokón m, kukla f
Slovene: buba (sl) f
Spanish: capullo (es) m
Swedish: puppa (sv) c
Tagalog: tilas, supot-uod
Telugu: కోశము (te) (kōśamu)
Thai: ดักแด้ (th) (dàk-dɛ̂ɛ)
Turkish: koza (tr)
Ukrainian: ко́кон m (kókon)
Unami: alemuchi
Urdu: کوکُون (kokūn)
Vietnamese: kén (vi) (繭 (vi))
Volapük: kokun
Welsh: cocŵn m
Yiddish: קאַקון f (kakun)

any similar protective case, whether real or metaphorical

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: cocon (nl) c
Finnish: kotelo (fi), suojus (fi)
French: cocon (fr) m
Galician: burbulla (gl)
Hindi: खोल (hi) m (khol)
Italian: bozzolo (it) m
Polish: kokon (pl) m
Russian: ко́кон (ru) m (kókon)

Verb

cocoon (third-person singular simple present cocoons, present participle cocooning, simple past and past participle cocooned)

(transitive) To envelop in a protective case.
- 2021, Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland, #Merky Books, page 163:
  Vern grabbed the throw draped over the back of the sofa and cocooned herself within it.
(intransitive) To withdraw into such a case.

Translations

envelop in a protective case

Chinese:
Mandarin: 包裹 (zh) (bāoguǒ)
Finnish: koteloida (fi)
Hungarian: bebugyolál (hu), burkol (hu), beburkol (hu)
Portuguese: casulo (pt)
Russian: please add this translation if you can

withdraw into such a case

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: koteloitua (fi)
Hungarian: begubózik (hu), beburkolózik (hu), burkolózik (hu)
Portuguese: casulo (pt)
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: kabuğuna çekilmek (tr)