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coc.

type of feminine hairstyle with the hair tied and looped at the back; bun, chignon, loop

3 characters1 syllables approx.Română language

Meaning & usage

noun/kok/
  1. type of feminine hairstyle with the hair tied and looped at the back; bun, chignon, loop

    neuter
  2. bun, bread roll

    archaic · neuter
Where this word comes from

Uncertain, perhaps an expressive creation based on a rounded shape, or alternatively French coque (“shell”). Cf. Greek κόκκος (kókkos), Latin coccum (“berry”), also Albanian kokë.

noun/kok/
  1. night heron (Ardea nycticorax)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Probably of imitative (onomatopoetic) origin.

noun/kok/
  1. type of spherical bacteria; coccus

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French coccus, German Kokke, New Latin coccus, from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos).

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