coquin
French
editEtymology
editProbably from Old French queux (“cook”), also "rascal, beggar," referring to the rascally nature of kitchen assistants. Loaned into Spanish as acoquinado.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcoquin m (plural coquins, feminine coquine)
Adjective
editcoquin (feminine coquine, masculine plural coquins, feminine plural coquines)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
Further reading
edit- “coquin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.