coucou
English
Noun
coucou (uncountable)
- Alternative form of coo-coo (“Barbadian food”)
French
Etymology
From Old French cucu; onomatopoeic derivative of the call of the cuckoo (bird), coucou, or from Latin cuculus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ku.ku/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -u
Noun
coucou m (plural coucous)
- cuckoo (the bird)
- cuckoo (the cry of the bird)
- cuckoo clock
- cowslip (flower)
- (informal) old plane; old crate; rust bucket; any old vehicle, especially one that is rickety
Interjection
coucou
- cuckoo; the call of the cuckoo
- (colloquial) hiya, hey; an informal greeting
- (colloquial) (by extension) an informal goodbye, bye-bye
Derived terms
- coucouille
Further reading
- “coucou”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Etymology
From Old French cucu, from Latin cucūlus.
Noun
coucou m (plural coucous)
- (Jersey) cuckoo
- (Jersey) striped wrasse