hoquet
English
Noun
hoquet (countable and uncountable, plural hoquets)
- (music) Alternative form of hocket
French
Etymology
Onomatopoeic. Compare obsolete English hicket, hyckock (“hiccup”). More at hiccup.
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɔ.kɛ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛ
- Homophone: okay
Noun
hoquet m (plural hoquets)
- (onomatopoeia) hiccup (spasm of the diaphragm)
Further reading
- “hoquet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.