coet

Catalan

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin cauda (“tail”), but the precise derivation is unclear.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [kuˈɛt]
IPA^(key): (Balearic) [koˈət]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koˈet]

Noun

coet m (plural coets)

rocket

Descendants

→ Spanish: cohete

References

^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “cohete”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 126

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