cocco

See also: Cocco and -cocco

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔk.ko/
• Rhymes: -ɔkko
• Hyphenation: còc‧co

Etymology 1

From Portuguese coco. Doublet of cocco (“cochineal”) and coque.

Noun

cocco m (plural cocchi)

2. coconut palm (Cocos nucifera)

   Synonym: palma da cocco

3. (uncountable) coconut (edible flesh of the coconut fruit)
4. (mycology) Synonym of ovolo (“Caesar's mushroom”)
5. (uncountable, slang) cocaine

   Synonym: cocaina

Derived terms

• noce di cocco (“coconut”)
• latte di cocco (“coconut milk”)
• cocco rapè (“coconut flakes”)

Descendants

• → Middle French: coche
  • French: coco

Etymology 2

Of onomatopoeic origin.

Noun

cocco m (plural cocchi, feminine cocca)

1. darling, favourite/favorite person, pet, mollycoddle

Etymology 3

Of onomatopoeic origin.

Noun

cocco m (plural cocchi)

1. (childish) hen's egg

   Synonym: uovo

Related terms

• cocca

Etymology 4

Borrowed from New Latin coccus, from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed”).

Noun

cocco m (plural cocchi)

1. (biology) coccus

Related terms

• -cocco

Etymology 5

Borrowed from Latin coccum, from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain; seed; berry”). Doublet of cocco (“coconut”) and coque.

Noun

cocco m (plural cocchi)

2. (archaic) cochineal (red dye)

   Synonym: cocciniglia

Further reading

• cocco¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• cocco² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• cocco³ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• cocco⁴ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• cocco⁵ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Noun

coccō

1. dative/ablative singular of coccum

References

• cocco in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)