hoquet
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Noun
hoquet (countable and uncountable, plural hoquets)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French hoquet, icquet (“hiccup”), probably of Germanic origin, ultimately onomatopoeic. Compare Old Norse hixta (“to hiccup”), Middle High German heschezen, heschitzen (“to gulp, burp, sob”), Middle Dutch hicken (“to hiccup”), obsolete English hicket, hyckock (“hiccup”). More at hiccup.
Pronunciation
Noun
hoquet m (plural hoquets)
- (onomatopoeia) hiccup (spasm of the diaphragm)
Related terms
Further reading
- “hoquet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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