cockney
French, noun/kɔk.nɛ/
cockney is spelled C-O-C-K-N-E-Y (7 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 94,626th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cockney is a French masculine noun meaning “cockney” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne originaire des quartiers et des classes populaires de Londres”.
What does cockney mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecockney
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Personne originaire des quartiers et des classes populaires de Londres. 2. Anglais parlé dans ces quartiers.
adjective: 1. Relatif aux personnes originaires des quartiers et des classes populaires de Londres ou à leur parler.
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 cockney
- cockneys plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cockney?
- /kɔk.nɛ/
- \kɔk.nɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cockney in French?
cockney appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).