coucou

From Old French cucu; onomatopoeic derivative of the call of the cuckoo (bird), coucou, or from Latin cuculus.

• IPA^(key): /ku.ku/

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• Rhymes: -u

coucou

1. (colloquial) hiya, hey; an informal greeting

coucou m (plural coucous)

1. cuckoo (the bird)
2. cuckoo (the cry of the bird)
3. cuckoo clock
4. cowslip (flower)
5. (informal) old plane; old crate; rust bucket; any old vehicle, especially one that is rickety

• coucouille

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

From Old French cucu, from Latin cucūlus.

coucou m (plural coucous)

1. (Jersey) cuckoo
2. (Jersey) striped wrasse