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🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

cochon

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ko.ʃɔ̃

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Cocho/ˈkoʊ.tʃoʊ/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #85000 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Le cochon est dans la boue."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A regional or colloquial term, particularly in certain French-influenced dialects, referring to a pig or swine.

    "The farmer tended to the livestock, specifically noting the healthy cocho in the pen."
  2. 2

    A colloquial expression used in specific cultural contexts as a familiar or affectionate nickname.

    "He was known among his oldest villagers by the affectionate moniker cocho."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the French regional and colloquial term 'coche' or related variants, historically used in certain French dialects and Creole contexts to refer to a pig, hog, or affectionately as a term of endearment or rusticity. The phonetic URL encoding corresponds to the IPA representation [kɔʃɔ], representing a localized pronunciation of this regional lexicon.

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