coy

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• homophone: coy
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From Middle English coy, from Old French coi, earlier quei (“quiet, still”), from Latin qu(i)ētus (“resting, at rest”). Doublet of quit, quiet, quite, and quietus.

The community is named after local merchant George McCoy.

Compare decoy.

Abbreviation of company.

93 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: свенлив (svenliv) — bashful, shy
• Bulgarian: срамежлив (sramežliv) — bashful, shy
• Czech: ostýchavý — bashful, shy
• Czech: nesmělý — bashful, shy
• Czech: plachý — bashful, shy
• Czech: stydlivý — bashful, shy
• Dutch: bedeesd — bashful, shy
• Dutch: timide — bashful, shy
• Dutch: verlegen — bashful, shy
• Finnish: ujo — bashful, shy
• French: timide — bashful, shy
• Galician: tímido — bashful, shy
• Galician: túzaro — bashful, shy
• Georgian: მორცხვი (morcxvi) — bashful, shy
• German: keusch — bashful, shy
• German: verlegen — bashful, shy
• Hungarian: szégyenlős — bashful, shy
• Hungarian: félénk — bashful, shy
• Hungarian: szemérmes — bashful, shy
• Italian: timido — bashful, shy
• Russian: засте́нчивый (zasténčivyj) — bashful, shy
• Russian: ро́бкий (róbkij) — bashful, shy
• Spanish: tímido — bashful, shy
• Turkish: mahcup — bashful, shy
• Turkish: utangaç — bashful, shy
• Turkish: çekingen — bashful, shy
• Turkish: muhteriz — bashful, shy
• Bulgarian: тих (tih) — archaic: quiet, reserved, modest
• Bulgarian: мълчалив (mǎlčaliv) — archaic: quiet, reserved, modest
• Czech: zdrženlivý — archaic: quiet, reserved, modest
• Dutch: bedeesd — archaic: quiet, reserved, modest
• Dutch: bescheiden — archaic: quiet, reserved, modest
• Dutch: timide — archaic: quiet, reserved, modest
• Dutch: schuchter — archaic: quiet, reserved, modest
• Dutch: verlegen — archaic: quiet, reserved, modest
• Finnish: hiljainen — archaic: quiet, reserved, modest
• Finnish: vaitonainen — archaic: quiet, reserved, modest
• Finnish: ujo — archaic: quiet, reserved, modest
• French: coi — archaic: quiet, reserved, modest
• Georgian: მორიდებული (moridebuli) — archaic: quiet, reserved, modest
• German: verschämt — archaic: quiet, reserved, modest
• German: schüchtern — archaic: quiet, reserved, modest
• German: zurückhaltend — archaic: quiet, reserved, modest
• Hungarian: tartózkodó — archaic: quiet, reserved, modest
• Italian: schivo — archaic: quiet, reserved, modest
• Russian: скро́мный (skrómnyj) — archaic: quiet, reserved, modest
• Spanish: recatado — archaic: quiet, reserved, modest
• Turkish: muhteriz — archaic: quiet, reserved, modest
• Turkish: mahcup — archaic: quiet, reserved, modest
• Walloon: coe — archaic: quiet, reserved, modest
• Bulgarian: сдържан (sdǎržan) — reluctant to give details about something sensitive
• Bulgarian: дискретен (diskreten) — reluctant to give details about something sensitive
• Czech: zdrženlivý — reluctant to give details about something sensitive
• Czech: diskrétní — reluctant to give details about something sensitive
• Czech: mlčenlivý — reluctant to give details about something sensitive
• Dutch: bescheiden — reluctant to give details about something sensitive
• Dutch: discreet — reluctant to give details about something sensitive
• Dutch: kuis — reluctant to give details about something sensitive
• Dutch: terughoudend — reluctant to give details about something sensitive
• Finnish: häveliäs — reluctant to give details about something sensitive
• Georgian: თავშეკავებული (tavšeḳavebuli) — reluctant to give details about something sensitive
• German: diskret — reluctant to give details about something sensitive
• German: prüde — reluctant to give details about something sensitive
• Italian: modesto — reluctant to give details about something sensitive
• Portuguese: reservado — reluctant to give details about something sensitive
• Russian: сде́ржанный (sdéržannyj) — reluctant to give details about something sensitive
• Spanish: discreto — reluctant to give details about something sensitive
• Chinese Mandarin: 矜持 (jīnchí) — pretending shyness or modesty
• Dutch: koket — pretending shyness or modesty
• Finnish: häveliäs — pretending shyness or modesty
• Galician: coqueto — pretending shyness or modesty
• German: kokett — pretending shyness or modesty
• Korean: 내숭 (naesung) — pretending shyness or modesty
• Spanish: tímido pero coqueto — pretending shyness or modesty
• Spanish: tímidamente coqueto — pretending shyness or modesty
• Spanish: fingidamente tímido — pretending shyness or modesty
• Spanish: hacerse el tímido — pretending shyness or modesty
• Spanish: mojigato — pretending shyness or modesty
• Spanish: melindroso — pretending shyness or modesty
• Spanish: remilgado — pretending shyness or modesty
• Spanish: timorato — pretending shyness or modesty
• Spanish: pacato — pretending shyness or modesty
• Spanish: gazmoño — pretending shyness or modesty
• Spanish: gazmoñero — pretending shyness or modesty
• Spanish: tímidamente seductor — pretending shyness or modesty
• Turkish: nazlı — pretending shyness or modesty
• Turkish: işveli — pretending shyness or modesty
• Turkish: cilveli — pretending shyness or modesty
• Turkish: nazende — pretending shyness or modesty
• Finnish: hellä — soft, gentle, hesitating
• German: zurückhaltend — soft, gentle, hesitating
• Russian: нежный (nežnyj) — soft, gentle, hesitating
• Russian: мягкий (mjaxkij) — soft, gentle, hesitating