hoquet
English edit
Noun edit
hoquet (countable and uncountable, plural hoquets)
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French hoquet, icquet (“hiccup”), probably of Germanic origin, ultimately onomatopoeic. Compare Old Norse hixta (“to hiccup”), Middle High German heschezen, heschitzen (“to gulp, burp, sob”), Middle Dutch hicken (“to hiccup”), obsolete English hicket, hyckock (“hiccup”). More at hiccup.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hoquet m (plural hoquets)
- (onomatopoeia) hiccup (spasm of the diaphragm)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “hoquet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.