cocorico

See also: cocoricó

French

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ko.ko.ʁi.ko/
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Noun

cocorico m (plural cocoricos)

cock-a-doodle-do
- 1916, “Verdun, on ne passe pas!”, performed by Eugène Joullot and Jack Cazoll:
  Mais tout à coup, le coq gaulois claironne: Cocorico, debout petits soldats!
  But out of the blue, the Gallic rooster trumpets: cock-a-doodle-do, arise little soldiers!

Further reading

“cocorico”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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