coque

French

noun
Definitions
  • shell of an animal's egg
  • the casing of a phone
  • (nautical) hull
  • cockle

Etymology

Inherited from Old French coque (shell, a type of small boat) inherited from Latin coccum (berry, scarlet berry, gall, a berry, insect, berry from the scarlet oak, kernel, scarlet dye, seed, actually an insect).

Origin

Latin

coccum

Gloss

berry, scarlet berry, gall, a berry, insect, berry from the scarlet oak, kernel, scarlet dye, seed, actually an insect

Concept
Semantic Field

Food and drink

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

虫, 昆

Emoji
🍒 🍓 🫐

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