cocatrix
French, noun/kɔ.ka.tʁiks/
cocatrix is spelled C-O-C-A-T-R-I-X (8 letters) and appears about once in every 51 million words in written French, the 226,484th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cocatrix is a French feminine noun meaning “cockatrice” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Créature imaginaire, qui possède une tête de coq, des ailes de chauve-souris et un corps de serpent. Antoine…”.
What does cocatrix mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinecockatrice
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Créature imaginaire, qui possède une tête de coq, des ailes de chauve-souris et un corps de serpent. Antoine Furetière dit que c’est une espèce de basilic qui s’engendre dans les cavernes et les puits.
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.
How do you pronounce cocatrix?
- /kɔ.ka.tʁiks/
- \kɔ.ka.tʁiks\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cocatrix
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cocatrix in French?
cocatrix appears about once in every 51 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).