coco
/ˈkoʊ.koʊ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.49 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
2
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
noun
Coconut, the fruit of the coconut palm.
name
An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Example Sentences
- "I turn round and round to see the high mountains, the thick coco trees."
- "They boyle it alſo, and after dry it and bray it, and of this bran, with egges, hony, milke, and butter of Cocos, they make Florentines, and verie good belly-timber."
- "The coco is a very common fruit, and but little esteemed; […]"
- "You might opt for a heaping tower composed of fried oysters, coco-flavored shrimp, fried octopus, and calamari."
Etymology
From Portuguese/Spanish coco (“grinning face”) (due to the three holes in the shell resembling a human face). Doublet of coque.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkoʊ.koʊ/
- British English: /ˈkəʊ.kəʊ/
Usage
Inflected Forms
cocos (plural)
cocoes (plural)
cocoa (alternative, nonstandard)
Lo Coco (alternative)
Cocco (alternative)
lo-Coco (alternative)
Lococo (alternative)