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cockade

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /kɒkˈeɪd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, US: /kɑˈkeɪd/
  • rhymes with -eɪd

1

noun

Meaning 1

A rosette or knot of ribbon worn in a hat, especially as an office or party badge.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An emblem of concentric circles of different colours, identifying the country to which an aircraft belongs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: roundel

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

an ornament (such as a knot of ribbon or a rosette) usually worn on the hat

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: decoration, ornament, ornamentation

History

Etymology

Partial calque of French cocarde.

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: кока́рда (kokárda) — a rosette worn in a hat as an office or party badge
  • Catalan: escarapel·la — a rosette worn in a hat as an office or party badge
  • Chinese Mandarin: 帽章 (màozhāng) — a rosette worn in a hat as an office or party badge
  • Chinese Mandarin: 帽徽 (màohuī) — a rosette worn in a hat as an office or party badge
  • Czech: kokarda — a rosette worn in a hat as an office or party badge
  • Danish: kokarde — a rosette worn in a hat as an office or party badge
  • Dutch: kokarde — a rosette worn in a hat as an office or party badge
  • Esperanto: kokardo — a rosette worn in a hat as an office or party badge
  • Finnish: kokardi — a rosette worn in a hat as an office or party badge
  • French: cocarde — a rosette worn in a hat as an office or party badge
  • Galician: escarapela — a rosette worn in a hat as an office or party badge
  • German: Kokarde — a rosette worn in a hat as an office or party badge
  • Hungarian: kokárda — a rosette worn in a hat as an office or party badge
  • Ido: kokardo — a rosette worn in a hat as an office or party badge
  • Irish: cnota — a rosette worn in a hat as an office or party badge
  • Italian: coccarda — a rosette worn in a hat as an office or party badge
  • Japanese: 円形章 (enkeishō) — a rosette worn in a hat as an office or party badge
  • Japanese: 帽章 (bōshō) — a rosette worn in a hat as an office or party badge
  • Macedonian: кока́рда (kokárda) — a rosette worn in a hat as an office or party badge
  • Marathi: कॉकेड (kŏkeḍ) — a rosette worn in a hat as an office or party badge
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kokarde — a rosette worn in a hat as an office or party badge
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kokarde — a rosette worn in a hat as an office or party badge
  • Polish: kokarda — a rosette worn in a hat as an office or party badge
  • Portuguese: roseta — a rosette worn in a hat as an office or party badge
  • Portuguese: cocarda — a rosette worn in a hat as an office or party badge
  • Russian: кока́рда (kokárda) — a rosette worn in a hat as an office or party badge
  • Serbo-Croatian: ко̀ка̄рда — a rosette worn in a hat as an office or party badge
  • Serbo-Croatian: kòkārda — a rosette worn in a hat as an office or party badge
  • Spanish: cucarda — a rosette worn in a hat as an office or party badge
  • Sundanese: kokardeu — a rosette worn in a hat as an office or party badge
  • Swedish: kokard — a rosette worn in a hat as an office or party badge
  • Turkish: kokart — a rosette worn in a hat as an office or party badge
  • Turkish: rozet — a rosette worn in a hat as an office or party badge
  • Ukrainian: кока́рда (kokárda) — a rosette worn in a hat as an office or party badge
  • Bulgarian: кокарда (kokarda) — aviation: An emblem of concentric circles of different colours
  • Turkish: amblem — aviation: An emblem of concentric circles of different colours
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