coquetier
\kɔk.tje\
The verdict
“coquetier” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit ustensile de table dans lequel on met un œuf pour le manger à la coque.
Corpus desk
Index FR-coquetier · coquetier · French
coquetier · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coquetier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔk.tje\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
coquetier is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔk.tje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for coquetier in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is coquetier, spelled C-O-Q-U-E-T-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Petit ustensile de table dans lequel on met un œuf pour le manger à la coque.
- 2Marchand d’œufs ou de volailles en gros, de fruits, de légumes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how coquetier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
J’ai tout juste prochainement un envoi de coquetiers à faire à Madagascar. Il paraît que dans ce pays-là, depuis qu’on a vu la femme d’un missionnaire anglais manger des œufs à la coque, on ne veut plus manger les œufs autrement… Avec votre permission, monsieur Daniel, vos livres serviront à envelopper mes coquetiers.
À la vérité il lui manquait un coquetier ; mais c’est là un ustensile qui n’est indispensable qu’à qui dispose du superflu. Un petit trou fait dans son morceau de pain lui en tint lieu.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.