name · noun · verb · 19 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈkʊki/
ko͝ok'i
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sometimes:/ˈkuːki/in Northern England
sometimes:ko͞ok'iin Northern England
Northern-Ireland, Scotland:/ˈkʉke/
Northern-Ireland, Scotland:/-kɪ/
Northern-Ireland, Scotland:/-ki/
homophone: kooky (foot-goose merger, some other UK pronunciations)
rhymes with -ʊki
rhymes with -uːki
CMU ARPABET:K UH1 K IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
An endearing or condescending nickname.
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
A small, flat, baked good which is either crisp or soft but firm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, Philippines, US
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: biscuit, bickie
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A sweet baked good (as in the previous sense) usually having chocolate chips, fruit, nuts, etc. baked into it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, UK
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A bun.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
An HTTP cookie.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cooky
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cook
History
Etymology
From cookie, the snack food.
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kōkô Old Dutch *kuoko Middle Dutch coeke Dutch koek Proto-Germanic *-ukaz Proto-West Germanic *-uk Proto-Germanic *-īną Proto-West Germanic *-īn ? Proto-West Germanic *-ukīn Old Dutch -kīn Middle Dutch -kijn Dutch -tjen Dutch -je Dutch koekiebor. English cookie Borrowed from Dutch koekie, dialectal diminutive of koek (“cake”), from Proto-Germanic *kōkô (compare German Low German Kookje (“biscuit, cookie, cracker”), Low German Kook (“cake”), German Kuchen (“cake”)). More at cake. Not related to English cook. The computing senses derive from magic cookie.
From cook + -ie.
Corruption of cucoloris.
Across languages
Translations
184 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
koekie
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Albanian:
biskotë
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Albanian:
galetë
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Amharic:
ብስኩት
(bəskut)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Arabic:
كُعَيْكَة
(kuʕayka)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Arabic:
كُوكِي
(kūkī)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Arabic:
بَسْكَوِيت
(baskawīt)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Arabic:
بقْسْوي
(bəqswi)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Armenian:
թխվածք
(tʻxvackʻ)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Armenian:
պեչենի
(pečʻeni)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Azerbaijani:
külçə
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Azerbaijani:
biskvit
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Azerbaijani:
kökə
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Azerbaijani:
peçenye
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Baekje:
okra
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Basque:
gaileta
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Basque:
biskotxa
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Belarusian:
пе́чыва
(pjéčyva)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Belarusian:
пячэ́нне
(pjačénnje)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Belarusian:
пячэ́ньне
(pjačénʹnje)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Bengali:
মিষ্ট রূটি
(miśṭo ruṭi)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Bengali:
বিস্কুট
(biskuṭ)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Breton:
gwispidenn
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Bulgarian:
бискви́та
(biskvíta)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Bulgarian:
кураби́я
(kurabíja)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Bulgarian:
суха́р
(suhár)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Burmese:
ဘီစကွတ်
(bhica.kwat)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Burmese:
ဆိတ်နို့မုန့်
(hcitnui.mun.)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Catalan:
galeta
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Catalan:
bescuit
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Catalan:
pasta de te
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Chinese Cantonese:
曲奇
(kuk1 kei4)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Chinese Cantonese:
曲奇餅 /曲奇饼
(kuk1 kei4 beng2)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Chinese Cantonese:
餅乾 /饼干
(beng2 gon1)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Chinese Mandarin:
餅乾 /饼干
(bǐnggān)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Chinese Mandarin:
曲奇
(qūqí)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Chinese Mandarin:
曲奇餅 /曲奇饼
(qūqíbǐng)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Cornish:
tesen gales
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Czech:
sušenka
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Danish:
småkage
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Danish:
kiks
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Dutch:
koekje
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Esperanto:
biskvito
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Estonian:
küpsis
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Estonian:
kook
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Estonian:
biskviit
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Finnish:
keksi
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Finnish:
pikkuleipä
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
French:
biscuit
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Galician:
galleta
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Galician:
pasta
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Georgian:
ორცხობილა
(orcxobila)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
German:
Keks
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
German:
Plätzchen
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Greek:
μπισκότο
(biskóto)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Greek:
βούτημα
(voútima)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Ancient Greek:
κόλλιξ
(kóllix)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Gujarati:
કૂકી
(kūkī)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Hausa:
fànkee
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Hausa:
bìskît
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Hebrew:
עוּגִיָּה
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Hebrew:
עוגייה
(ugi'a)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Hebrew:
בִּיסְקְוִיט
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Hebrew:
ביסקוויט
(bískvit)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Hindi:
कुकी
(kukī)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Hindi:
बिस्कुट
(biskuṭ)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Hungarian:
sütemény
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Hungarian:
süti
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Hungarian:
aprósütemény
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Hungarian:
teasütemény
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Hunsrik:
Bolasch
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Icelandic:
kex
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Icelandic:
smákaka
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Ido:
bisquito
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Indonesian:
biskuit
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Indonesian:
kukis
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Italian:
biscotto
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Japanese:
クッキー
(kukkī)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Japanese:
ビスケット
(bisuketto)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Javanese:
biskuit
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Javanese:
kukis
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Kamwe:
okra
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Kannada:
ಕುಕಿ
(kuki)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Karelian:
pišketti
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Kazakh:
печенье
(peçene)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Khmer:
ខូគី
(khoukii)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Korean:
쿠키
(kuki)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Korean:
비스킷
(biseukit)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Kyrgyz:
печенье
(pecenye)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Lao:
ຂະຫນົມປັງ
(kha nom pang)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Latin:
crustulum
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Latin:
copta
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Latvian:
cepums
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Latvian:
biskvīts
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Ligurian:
beschéutto
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Lithuanian:
sausainis
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Lithuanian:
biskvitas
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Macedonian:
колач
(kolač)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Macedonian:
кекс
(keks)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Macedonian:
бискви́т
(biskvít)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Macedonian:
гурабија
(gurabija)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Malay:
kuih
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Malayalam:
ബിസ്കറ്റ്
(biskaṟṟŭ)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Maltese:
gallettina
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Mongolian:
жигнэмэг
(žignemeg)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Mongolian:
печень
(pečenʹ)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Mongolian:
ᠵᠢᠩᠨᠡᠮᠡᠭ
(ǰingnemeg)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Mongolian:
ᠫᠧᠴᠧᠨᠢ
(pēčēni)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Navajo:
bááh łikaní
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Neapolitan:
vascuotto
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Norwegian Bokmål:
småkake
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Iranian Persian:
کُلوچِه
(koluče)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Iranian Persian:
بیسْکوئیت
(bisku'it)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Iranian Persian:
کاک
(kâk)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Iranian Persian:
کوکِه
(kuke)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Polish:
ciastko
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Polish:
ciasteczko
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Polish:
herbatnik
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Portuguese:
biscoito
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Portuguese:
bolacha
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Romanian:
biscuit
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Russian:
пече́нье
(pečénʹje)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Scottish Gaelic:
briosgaid
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Serbo-Croatian:
бѝсквӣт
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Serbo-Croatian:
ке̏кс
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Serbo-Croatian:
bìskvīt
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Serbo-Croatian:
kȅks
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Slovak:
sušienka
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Slovene:
piškot
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Spanish:
galleta
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Swahili:
biskuti
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Swedish:
kaka
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Swedish:
småkaka
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Tagalog:
kuki
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Tajik:
кулчақанд
(kulčaqand)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Tajik:
печен'е
(pečen'ye)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Telugu:
కుకీ
(kukī)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Thai:
คุกกี้
(kúk-gîi)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Thai:
ขนมกินเล่น
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Thai:
บิสกิต
(bís-gìt)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Thai:
ขนมปัง
(kà-nǒm-bpang)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Tibetan:
ཁ་ཟས
(kha zas)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Turkish:
kurabiye
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Ottoman Turkish:
قرابیه
(kurabiye)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Turkmen:
köke
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Turkmen:
peçenýa
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Ukrainian:
пе́чиво
(péčyvo)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Urdu:
کُوکی
(kūkī)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Urdu:
بِسْکِٹ
(biskiṭ)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Urdu:
بِسْکُٹ
(biskuṭ)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Uyghur:
پېچىنە
(pëchine)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Uzbek:
pechenʼye
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Uzbek:
pechenye
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Vietnamese:
bánh quy
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Vietnamese:
bích quy
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Vietnamese:
bánh bích quy
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Walloon:
biscûte
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Yao (Africa):
okra
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Yiddish:
קיכל
(kikhl)
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Yuwana:
ukrea
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Zuni:
mulochikwa
— small, flat baked good — see also biscuit
Afrikaans:
koekie
— sweet baked good (as in the previous sense) which has chocolate chips, fruit, nuts etc. baked into it
Catalan:
coca
— sweet baked good (as in the previous sense) which has chocolate chips, fruit, nuts etc. baked into it
Catalan:
galeta
— sweet baked good (as in the previous sense) which has chocolate chips, fruit, nuts etc. baked into it
Esperanto:
kuketo
— sweet baked good (as in the previous sense) which has chocolate chips, fruit, nuts etc. baked into it
Esperanto:
biskvito
— sweet baked good (as in the previous sense) which has chocolate chips, fruit, nuts etc. baked into it
Finnish:
keksi
— sweet baked good (as in the previous sense) which has chocolate chips, fruit, nuts etc. baked into it
Finnish:
pikkuleipä
— sweet baked good (as in the previous sense) which has chocolate chips, fruit, nuts etc. baked into it
French:
cookie
— sweet baked good (as in the previous sense) which has chocolate chips, fruit, nuts etc. baked into it
French:
biscuit
— sweet baked good (as in the previous sense) which has chocolate chips, fruit, nuts etc. baked into it
German:
Cookie
— sweet baked good (as in the previous sense) which has chocolate chips, fruit, nuts etc. baked into it
Indonesian:
kukis
— sweet baked good (as in the previous sense) which has chocolate chips, fruit, nuts etc. baked into it
Javanese:
kukis
— sweet baked good (as in the previous sense) which has chocolate chips, fruit, nuts etc. baked into it
Turkish:
kurabiye
— sweet baked good (as in the previous sense) which has chocolate chips, fruit, nuts etc. baked into it