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The most humiliating thing a woman can be is a coquette.
Oriana Fallaci

Meaning of "coquette" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD COQUETTE

From French, feminine of coquet.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF COQUETTE

coquette  [kəʊˈkɛt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COQUETTE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Coquette is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COQUETTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of coquette in the English dictionary

The definition of coquette in the dictionary is a woman who flirts. Other definition of coquette is any hummingbird of the genus Lophornis, esp the crested Brazilian species L. magnifica.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COQUETTE


banquette
bæŋˈkɛt
briquet
brɪˈkɛt
briquette
brɪˈkɛt
coquet
kəʊˈkɛt
croquette
krəʊˈkɛt
diskette
dɪsˈkɛt
hackette
ˌhæˈkɛt
maquette
mæˈkɛt
Marquette
mɑːˈkɛt
moquette
mɒˈkɛt
Phuket
ˌpuːˈkɛt
piquet
pɪˈkɛt
plaquette
plæˈkɛt
roquette
rəʊˈkɛt
sockette
sɒˈkɛt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COQUETTE

copyrighter
copytaker
copywriter
copywriting
coq au vin
coquelicot
coquet
coquetries
coquetry
coquetted
coquetting
coquettish
coquettishly
coquettishness
coquilla
coquilla nut
coquille
coquimbite
coquina
coquito

WORDS THAT END LIKE COQUETTE

bachelorette
baguette
barquette
blanquette
brunette
cassette
cigarette
corvette
dinette
gazette
jeanette
Lafayette
netiquette
palette
pirouette
roulette
silhouette
statuette
toilette
undergraduette

Synonyms and antonyms of coquette in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «coquette» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COQUETTE

Find out the translation of coquette to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of coquette from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «coquette» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

娇媚
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

coqueta
570 millions of speakers

English

coquette
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

coquette
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المغناج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кокетка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

coquette
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ছিনাল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

coquette
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cikgu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

kokette Frau
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

コケット
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

요염한 여자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Coquette
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đàn bà hay làm dáng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தன் மீது ஆண்கள் ஆசை கொள்ளும்படி மினுக்கி நடக்கும் பெண்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नखरा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yosma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

civetta
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kokietka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кокетка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cochetă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κοκέτα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

coquette
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kokett
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Coquette
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of coquette

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COQUETTE»

The term «coquette» is quite widely used and occupies the 39.626 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COQUETTE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about coquette

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4 QUOTES WITH «COQUETTE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word coquette.
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Oriana Fallaci
The most humiliating thing a woman can be is a coquette.
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Douglas Jerrold
A coquette is like a recruiting sergeant, always on the lookout for fresh victims.
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John Tyler
Popularity, I have always thought, may aptly be compared to a coquette - the more you woo her, the more apt is she to elude your embrace.
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Martha Wainwright
I've always been given respect because I'm kind of mannish, and I'm not a great beauty. I've never played the coquette card because I'm no good at it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COQUETTE»

Discover the use of coquette in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to coquette and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Kitchen Coquette
This is not a breakfast, lunch, dinner cookbook - this is a book that knows what you cook to fortify the soul is vastly different to what you might cook to impress a first date.
Katrina Meynink, 2011
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Coquette
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Frank Swinnerton, 2011
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Refiguring the Coquette: Essays on Culture and Coquetry
This is a collection of nine original essays selected and edited with a twofold aim: to establish the parameters of coquetry as it was defined and represented in the long eighteenth century, and to reconsider this traditional figure in ...
Shelley King, Yaël Rachel Schlick, 2008
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The Coquette and The Boarding School
The critical introduction and appendices to this edition, which explore female friendship and the education of women in the novels, frame Foster as more than a purveyor of the sentimental novel, and re-evaluate her placement in American ...
Hannah Webster Foster, Jennifer Desiderio, Angela Vietto, 2011
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Plotting the Coquette: Gender and Genre in the ...
After midcentury, when the coquette is not as often an explicit presence in British literature, her rhetorical influence is memorialized by the didactic method that characterizes the "rise" of the domestic novel.
Anna Viele, 2007
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The Coquette: Or, The History of Eliza Wharton. A Novel: ...
charmer ; the day which breaks asunder the bands of love ; the day on which my reason assumes its empire, and triumphs over the arts of a finished coquette. Congratulate me, my friend, that I have thus overcome my feelings, and repelled the ...
Hannah Webster Foster, Jane Ermina Locke, 1855
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Power of Sympathy and the Coquette
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William H. Brown, Hannah Foster, William S. Osborne, 1970
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My Darling Coquette
Forced to marry in order to receive her inheritance, Coquette Florencia Millbrook is stunned to learn that her greatest adversary, the Lord of Harlington, cannot receive his inheritance until he is married as well, and concocts a clever ...
Valerie King, 2003
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Camille Or, the Fate of a Coquette
GAMILLE. ;. or,. the. FATE. OF. A. COQUETTE. By ALEXANDRE DUMAS. PREFACE. lir the year of grace 1845, in the season of abundance and peace, when all the favors of mind, beauty and talent surrounded the France of the day, there was ...
Alexandre Dumas, 2009
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Berlin Coquette: Prostitution and the New German Woman, ...
CONCLUSION: BERLIN. COQUETTE. Without question, between the years 1890 and 1933, Berlin was known as a city of whores.1 Berlinbased writers, artists, social reformers, journalists, municipal politicians, police officials, and prostitutes  ...
Jill Suzanne Smith, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COQUETTE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term coquette is used in the context of the following news items.
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GTA 5 Online: New Details on Ill-Gotten Gains Part 2 DLC and its …
The classic sports car, Invetero Coquette BlackFin is likely to cost 500,000-900,000 of GTA money. The cost of the muscle car Vapid Chino is ... «International Business Times, India Edition, Jul 15»
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GTA 5 Online: Unused Characters, Missions Possibly of 'Ill-Gotten …
The company had revealed that GTA 5 Online players will see vehicles like Coil Brawler, Classic Lampadati Toro, Invetero Coquette BlackFin, ... «International Business Times, India Edition, Jul 15»
3
Paris Haute Couture: all eyes on Schiaparelli
It's not easy breathing fresh life into the tux, but they did it with a masculine-meets-coquette swagger. Their cocktail dresses – stiff, short, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Picnics in Northeast Ohio: Make it easy with great Cleveland food to …
Across the street from Crop, mini-quiches from Coquette Patisserie make tidy, regal little hand-held, outdoor meals. They change fillings ... «cleveland.com, Jul 15»
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Mrs Engels review: X marx the heart
Zealot, coquette, helpmeet, dreamer, waif or even intellectual. McCrea takes the modish reductionist option. The Lizzie he creates is a ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
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Shedding Pounds
To sample produce, herbs and flowers from Paradigm Gardens, book a reservation at supporting restaurants Meauxbar, Patois and Coquette. Event planners ... «My New Orleans, Jul 15»
7
Bling knuckledusters and more: GTA Online's Ill-Gotten Gains Part …
Fans can also pick up luxury rides such as the Invetero Coquette BlackFin, the "blazingly fast" Progen T20 and the Vapid Chino. GTA Online's ... «Digital Spy UK, Jul 15»
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Fourth of July Nail Art You Don't Have to Be a Pro to Do
Next, fill in JINsoon Coquette—the deep red pictured above—on half of the nail. Alternate painting this color between the bottom and top of ... «StyleCaster, Jul 15»
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GTA 5: Ill-Gotten Gains Part 2 DLC drops July 8: Marksman Pistol …
... the Progen T20 supercar, the Vapid Chino with custom plate, the Dinka Vindicator superbike and a new Invetro Coquette BlackFin model. «VG247, Jun 15»
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Review: In Beckett's 'Happy Days,' a Woman Buried Deep by Inertia
A girlish romantic in a lacy, low-cut top, she is a middle-aged remnant of the coquette she once was. Now she's buried up to her sternum in a ... «New York Times, Jun 15»

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