coque

French, literally "shell".

coque (plural coques)

1. A small loop or bow of ribbon used in making hats, boas, etc.

• IPA^(key): /kɔk/

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coque f (plural coques)

1. shell (of an animal's egg)
2. the casing of a phone
3. (nautical) hull
4. cockle

• monocoque

• cocon
• coquer
• coquillage
• coquille
• coquin
• œuf à la coque
• sortir de sa coque

• → English: coque
• → Italian: coque

• “coque” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Borrowed from French coque (“egg's shell”).

• IPA^(key): /kɔk/

coque f (invariable)

1. used only in the phrase uovo alla coque (“soft-boiled egg”).

coquus

1. vocative singular of coquus

coque

1. second-person singular present active imperative of coquō

coque m (plural coques)

1. bun (a tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head)
2. coke (solid residue from roasting coal)

From English coke.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoke/

coque m (plural coques)

1. coke (solid fuel from coal)