hoquet

English

Noun

hoquet (countable and uncountable, plural hoquets)

1. (music) Alternative form of hocket

French

Etymology

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

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ɔ.kɛ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Homophone: okay

Noun

hoquet m (plural hoquets)

1. (onomatopoeia) hiccup (spasm of the diaphragm)

Related terms

• hoqueter

Further reading

• “hoquet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.