English

Noun

coquille ‎(plural coquilles)

1. A dish (meal), especially a seafood dish, served in an actual scallop shell or a dish (container) shaped like a shell.
2. A scallop shell or a dish (container) shaped like one, especially when used to serve the aforementioned food.
3. A form of ruching used as a dress trimming or for neckwear, named from the manner in which it is gathered or fulled.

French

Etymology

From a combination of Vulgar Latin *conchilia (from Latin conchylium) with coccum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔkij/

Noun

coquille f ‎(plural coquilles)

1. shell
2. (shell-shaped) dish; scallop
3. typo, misprint
4. (sports) box (worn for protection)
5. (medicine) spinal bed

Related terms

• coquillage
• coquillard
• coquille Saint-Jacques
• coquillier
• sortir de sa coquille

Old French

Noun

coquille f ‎(oblique plural coquilles, nominative singular coquille, nominative plural coquilles)

1. shell (hard protective outer layer of some animals)

Descendants

• English: cockle
• French: coquille
  • English: coquille