cocotier
French, noun/ko.ko.tje/
cocotier is spelled C-O-C-O-T-I-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 44,936th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cocotier is a French masculine noun meaning “coconut, coconut palm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Palmier cultivé présent dans toute la zone intertropicale humide, pouvant atteindre 20 mètres de haut, à…”.
What does cocotier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecoconut, coconut palm
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Palmier cultivé présent dans toute la zone intertropicale humide, pouvant atteindre 20 mètres de haut, à couronne de feuilles dépassant quelquefois six mètres de long, et au port souvent courbe qui produit des drupes, les noix de coco. 2. Coquetier (récipient pour manger les œufs à la coque).
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 cocotier
- cocotiers plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cocotier?
- /ko.ko.tje/
- \kɔ.kɔ.tje\
- [ko.ko.tje]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cocotier in French?
cocotier 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).