cocotte

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciationsEnglish: /kəʊˈkɒt/, French: /kɔkɔt/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kō kot′, kə-; Fr. kô kôt′)

Inflections of 'cocotte' (n): npl: cocottes

co•cotte¹ n., pl. -cottes

French: origin, originally a child's word for a hen, equivalent. to coq cock¹ + -otte feminine suffix
1865–70

co•cotte² n., pl. -cottes

Fooda round or oval casserole, usually of earthenware or fireproof porcelain, used especially for cooking an individual portion of meat, fowl, or game.

Medieval Greek koukoumárion (or its presumed Vulgar Latin source), ultimately derivative of Latin cucuma kettle
French: small cast-iron pot for stewing meat; alteration, by suffix substitution, of Middle French cocasse, coquasse applied to various receptacles, obscurely akin to coquemar kettle, by uncertain mediation
1865–70

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cocotte /kəʊˈkɒt; kə-; French: kɔkɔt/ n

a small fireproof dish in which individual portions of food are cooked and served
archaic a prostitute or promiscuous woman

Etymology: 19th Century: from French, from nursery word for a hen, feminine of coq cock¹

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