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coquettish

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, being, or characteristic of a young, flirtatious girl.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

like a coquette

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: flirtatious

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English coquett(e) Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English coquettish From coquett(e) + -ish.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Burmese: နန့် (nan.) — as a young, flirting girl; flirtatious
  • Catalan: coqueta — as a young, flirting girl; flirtatious
  • Dutch: koket — as a young, flirting girl; flirtatious
  • Dutch: behaagziek — as a young, flirting girl; flirtatious
  • Dutch: flirterig — as a young, flirting girl; flirtatious
  • Esperanto: koketa — as a young, flirting girl; flirtatious
  • Finnish: keimaileva — as a young, flirting girl; flirtatious
  • French: coquette — as a young, flirting girl; flirtatious
  • German: kokett — as a young, flirting girl; flirtatious
  • German: gefallsüchtig — as a young, flirting girl; flirtatious
  • Hungarian: kacér — as a young, flirting girl; flirtatious
  • Hungarian: kokett — as a young, flirting girl; flirtatious
  • Italian: civettuolo — as a young, flirting girl; flirtatious
  • Kapampangan: magayut — as a young, flirting girl; flirtatious
  • Kapampangan: malantung — as a young, flirting girl; flirtatious
  • Kapampangan: malarit — as a young, flirting girl; flirtatious
  • Norwegian: kokett — as a young, flirting girl; flirtatious
  • Persian: لوند (lavand) — as a young, flirting girl; flirtatious
  • Portuguese: coquete — as a young, flirting girl; flirtatious
  • Russian: коке́тливый (kokétlivyj) — as a young, flirting girl; flirtatious
  • Russian: игри́вый (igrívyj) — as a young, flirting girl; flirtatious
  • Spanish: coqueto — as a young, flirting girl; flirtatious
  • Swedish: kokett — as a young, flirting girl; flirtatious
  • Tagalog: malandi — as a young, flirting girl; flirtatious
  • Tagalog: malantong — as a young, flirting girl; flirtatious
  • Tagalog: hitad — as a young, flirting girl; flirtatious
  • Tagalog: kiri — as a young, flirting girl; flirtatious