cocoon

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• /kəˈkuːn/
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• rhymes with -uːn
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• homophone: kokoon
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• CMU ARPABET: K AH0 K UW1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From French cocon, a diminutive of coque (“shell”).

104 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: kokon — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Albanian: fshikë — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Arabic: شَرْنَقَة (šarnaqa) — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Armenian: բոժոժ (božož) — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Armenian: խոզակ (xozak) — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Azerbaijani: barama — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Belarusian: ко́кан (kókan) — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Bulgarian: пашкул (paškul) — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Bulgarian: какавида (kakavida) — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Burmese: ပိုးအိမ် (pui:im) — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Catalan: capoll — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Chinese Mandarin: 繭 /茧 (jiǎn) — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Czech: kukla — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Czech: kokon — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Czech: zámotek — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Danish: kokon — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Dutch: cocon — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Esperanto: kokono — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Estonian: nukk — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Estonian: kookon — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Faroese: spunahylki — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Finnish: kotelo — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Finnish: kokongi — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• French: cocon — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Georgian: აბრეშუმის პარკი (abrešumis ṗarḳi) — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• German: Kokon — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Greek: κουκούλι (koukoúli) — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Gujarati: કોશેટો (kośeṭo) — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Hebrew: פְּקַעַת (pqá'at) — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Hindi: खोल (khol) — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Hungarian: gubó — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Hungarian: selyemgubó — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Hungarian: báb — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Icelandic: lirfuhýði — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Icelandic: egghylki — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Ido: kokono — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Irish: cocún — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Italian: bozzolo — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Japanese: 繭 (mayu) — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Khmer: សំបុកនាង (sɑmbok nieng) — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Korean: 고치 (gochi) — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Kyrgyz: пилла (pilla) — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Latvian: kokons — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Macedonian: кожурец (kožurec) — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Macedonian: кокона (kokona) — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Malay: kokun — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Malayalam: കൊക്കൂൺ (kokkūṇ) — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Māori: kopa — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Marathi: कोश (koś) — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Navajo: kʼaalógii bitʼoh — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Navajo: iichʼąhii bitʼoh — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Norwegian Bokmål: kokong — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kokong — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Pashto: غوزه — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Persian: پیله (pile) — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Plautdietsch: Kockun — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Polish: kokon — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Portuguese: casulo — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Romanian: cocon — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Romanian: gogoașă — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Romanian: gogoașă de mătase — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Russian: ко́кон (kókon) — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Rwanda-Rundi: cocon — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Scottish Gaelic: cochall — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Serbo-Croatian: čahura — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Serbo-Croatian: čaura — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Slovak: kokón — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Slovak: kukla — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Slovene: buba — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Spanish: capullo — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Swedish: puppa — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Tagalog: tilas — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Tagalog: supot-uod — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Telugu: కోశము (kōśamu) — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Thai: ดักแด้ (dàk-dɛ̂ɛ) — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Turkish: koza — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Ukrainian: ко́кон (kókon) — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Unami: alemuchi — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Urdu: کوکُون (kokūn) — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Vietnamese: kén — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Volapük: kokun — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Welsh: cocŵn — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Yiddish: קאַקון (kakun) — protective case spun by the larvae of some insects
• Dutch: cocon — any similar protective case, whether real or metaphorical
• Finnish: kotelo — any similar protective case, whether real or metaphorical
• Finnish: suojus — any similar protective case, whether real or metaphorical
• French: cocon — any similar protective case, whether real or metaphorical
• Galician: burbulla — any similar protective case, whether real or metaphorical
• Hindi: खोल (khol) — any similar protective case, whether real or metaphorical
• Italian: bozzolo — any similar protective case, whether real or metaphorical
• Polish: kokon — any similar protective case, whether real or metaphorical
• Russian: ко́кон (kókon) — any similar protective case, whether real or metaphorical
• Chinese Mandarin: 包裹 (bāoguǒ) — envelop in a protective case
• Finnish: koteloida — envelop in a protective case
• Hungarian: bebugyolál — envelop in a protective case
• Hungarian: burkol — envelop in a protective case
• Hungarian: beburkol — envelop in a protective case
• Portuguese: casulo — envelop in a protective case
• Finnish: koteloitua — withdraw into such a case
• Hungarian: begubózik — withdraw into such a case
• Hungarian: beburkolózik — withdraw into such a case
• Hungarian: burkolózik — withdraw into such a case
• Portuguese: casulo — withdraw into such a case
• Turkish: kabuğuna çekilmek — withdraw into such a case