What does cocotte in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word cocotte in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use cocotte in French.

The word cocotte in French means hen, chicken, origami chicken, casserole dish, darling, my darling, my beauty, mistress, cheap perfume, high-class prostitute, paper bird, fortune teller, paper fortune teller, chatterbox, pressure cooker, time bomb, baked egg. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word cocotte

hen, chicken

nom féminin (enfantin (poule)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les enfants courent souvent après les cocottes.
The children often chase the chooks.

origami chicken

nom féminin (pliage de papier)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Regarde la cocotte que j'ai faite.
Look at the origami chicken that I made.

casserole dish

nom féminin (Cuisine : petite marmite) (cookery)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Elle cuisine toujours la blanquette dans cette cocotte.
She always cooks stew in this casserole dish.

darling, my darling

nom féminin (familier (mot doux pour une femme)

(interjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!")
Oui, j'y vais tout de suite, ma cocotte !
Yes, darling (or: my darling), I'll go right away!

my beauty

nom féminin (terme pour appeler un cheval) (horse)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Hue, cocotte !
Come on, my beauty!

mistress

nom féminin (vieilli (femme de mœurs légères)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les cocottes étaient des femmes entretenues.
Mistresses were kept women.

cheap perfume

nom féminin (argot (parfum de mauvaise qualité) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ça sent la cocotte ici !
It smells of cheap scent in here!

high-class prostitute

nom féminin (familier (prostituée coûteuse)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il paraît que cet homme politique fait appel à des cocottes de luxe.

paper bird

nom féminin (origami : poule) (origami)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

fortune teller, paper fortune teller, chatterbox

nom féminin (origami : salière) (children's game)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

pressure cooker

nom féminin (® (autocuiseur)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ma grand-mère m'a offert une cocotte-minute pour que je fasse de bons petits plats. Moi, je cuis toujours mes légumes à la cocotte-minute.
My grandmother gave me a pressure cooker, so I could make some nice dishes. I always cook my vegetables in the pressure cooker.

time bomb

nom féminin (figuré (chose sous pression) (figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le monde ouvrier est une cocotte-minute prête à exploser.

baked egg

nom masculin (œuf cuit en ramequin) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

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