coquet

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/ˈkɒk.ɛt/

noun

A flirtatious female; a coquette.

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OriginFrench coquet →
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Meanings

coquet1

nouncoquet (plural coquets)

plural coquets

  1. A flirtatious female; a coquette.
  2. obsoleteA flirtatious male.
verbcoquet (third-person singular simple present coquets, present participle coquetting, simple past and past participle coquetted)

present singular third person coquets · participle present coquetting · participle past coquetted · past 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.

Coquet2

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

Synonyms & antonyms

verbtalk or behave amorously, without serious intentions

Similar
chat upflirtdallybutterflycoquetteromancephilandermash
Broader
talkspeak
Also see
butterflychat upcoquettedallyflirtmashphilanderromance

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchcoquet“little cockerel”
  2. Englishcoquet

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

More words from French

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Translations

Bulgarian кокетирам
  • кокетирам (koketiram)act as a flirt or coquet
Danish kokettere
  • kokettereact as a flirt or coquet
Finnish koketti, flirttailija
  • kokettia flirt or coquet(te)
  • flirttailijaa flirt or coquet(te)
  • koketeerataact as a flirt or coquet
German kokettieren
  • kokettierenact as a flirt or coquet
Norwegian kokettere
  • kokettereact as a flirt or coquet
Polish kokietować
  • kokietowaćact as a flirt or coquet
Swedish kokettera
  • koketteraact as a flirt or coquet
Cite this entry
APA

coquet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coquet

MLA

“coquet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coquet. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coquet,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coquet.

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