coco
pronunciation
How to pronounce coco in British English:
UK ['kəʊkəʊ]
How to pronounce coco in American English:
US ['koʊkoʊ]
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- Noun:
- tall palm tree bearing coconuts as fruits; widely planted throughout the tropics
Word Origin
- coco (n.)
- "palm tree," mid-16c., from Spanish and Portuguese coco "grinning face," on resemblance of the three holes at the base of the shell to a human face. The earlier word for it was the Latinized form cocus, which sometimes was anglicized as cocos.
Example
- 1. You did it , baby.you made coco proud .
- 2. I like biographies , like that of coco chanel , because you can learn something .
- 3. Let 's give it up for pop diva coco lee !
- 4. Even when our designers produce sexy underwear they reach for french names - agent provocateur , coco de mer ......
- 5. If a bank is losing money because of bad investments , a coco bond will not prevent it defaulting on derivative and repo contracts ( often called systemic obligations ) .