coq

See also: Coq, çoq, and Coq.

Translingual

Symbol

coq

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Coquille.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Coquille terms

English

Etymology

From French.

Noun

coq (plural coqs)

1. A trimming of cock feathers on a woman's hat.
   • 1897, Ladies' home journal: Volume 15:

     […] with a flat Tam crown of heliotrope velvet, a drapery under the brim, and two flat coq feathers.

   • 1921, Millinery trade review: Volume 46:

     A smart all-black model has just arrived from Jeanne Due. It is turban-trimmed with black coq which forms a bow drape.

   • 2010, Deborah Davis, Party of the Century:

     It was the Spanish rooster, the bird that produced coq feathers, that sacrificed the most plumage. Coqs, the rooster's long, curved, and iridescent tail feathers, were plucked from the bird to trim hats or, in this case, masks.

Achang

Pronunciation

• (Myanmar) /cʰɔʔ˧/

Verb

coq

1. to be grafted
2. to join

Further reading

• Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎, Payap University, page 20