koken
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Japanese 後見 (kōken, “a staff in noh and kabuki”).
Noun edit
koken (plural kokens)
- (theater) A black-clad person who enters the stage to rearrange the set, unremarked by the actors
- 1988 July 8, Diana Spinrad, “Tango; Chicago Young Playwrights Festival”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
- McAllister uses the Japanese device of the koken for changing scenes, distributing props, and creating furniture.
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch cōken, from Old Dutch *kokon, from Proto-West Germanic *kokōn.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈkoː.kə(n)/
Audio (koːkən) (file) Audio (koːkə) (file) Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ko‧ken
- Rhymes: -oːkən
Verb edit
koken
- (transitive, intransitive) to cook, boil
- (intransitive, figuratively) to seethe, boil with anger
Inflection edit
Conjugation of koken (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | koken | |||
past singular | kookte | |||
past participle | gekookt | |||
infinitive | koken | |||
gerund | koken n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | kook | kookte | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | kookt | kookte | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | kookt | kookte | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | kookt | kookte | ||
3rd person singular | kookt | kookte | ||
plural | koken | kookten | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | koke | kookte | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | koken | kookten | ||
imperative sing. | kook | |||
imperative plur.1 | kookt | |||
participles | kokend | gekookt | ||
1) Archaic. |
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Descendants edit
Haitian Creole edit
Etymology edit
From French coquin (“scoundrel”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
koken
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koken