cocarde
French, noun/kɔ.kaʁd/
cocarde is spelled C-O-C-A-R-D-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 48,990th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cocarde is a French feminine noun meaning “rosette (imitation of a rose made of ribbon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Insigne en étoffe ou en métal qui était porté principalement à la coiffure et surtout par les soldats”.
What does cocarde mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerosette (imitation of a rose made of ribbon)
- 2
femininecockade (rosette or knot of ribbon worn in a hat)
cocarde tricolore
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Insigne en étoffe ou en métal qui était porté principalement à la coiffure et surtout par les soldats. 2. Ornement en ruban plissé dont on garnit les chapeaux de femme. 3. Insigne de certaines livrées et de certains attelages. 4. Boucle de tissu, située sur la tête d'un taureau, d'une vachette, que des joueurs tentent d'enlever.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cocarde
- cocardes plural
- cocard masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cocarde?
- /kɔ.kaʁd/
- \kɔ.kaʁd\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cocarde
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cocarde in French?
cocarde appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).