koken

See also: Koken, kōken, and köken

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 後見(こうけん) (kōken, “a staff in noh and kabuki”).

Noun

koken (plural kokens)

  1. (theater) A black-clad person who enters the stage to rearrange the set, unremarked by the actors
    • 1988, July 8, “Diana Spinrad”, in Tango; Chicago Young Playwrights Festival‎:
      McAllister uses the Japanese device of the koken for changing scenes, distributing props, and creating furniture.

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch cōken, from Old Dutch *kokon, from Proto-West Germanic *kokōn.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkoː.kə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: ko‧ken
  • Rhymes: -oːkən

Verb

koken

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to cook, boil
  2. (intransitive, figuratively) to seethe, boil with anger

Inflection
Inflection of koken (weak)
infinitive koken
past singular kookte
past participle gekookt
infinitive koken
gerund koken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular kookkookte
2nd person sing. (jij) kooktkookte
2nd person sing. (u) kooktkookte
2nd person sing. (gij) kooktkookte
3rd person singular kooktkookte
plural kokenkookten
subjunctive sing.1 kokekookte
subjunctive plur.1 kokenkookten
imperative sing. kook
imperative plur.1 kookt
participles kokendgekookt
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: kook
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: koki
  • Jersey Dutch: kôke
  • Negerhollands: kook, kok, kuk
  • → Saramaccan: akòkí

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French coquin (“scoundrel”).

Noun

koken

  1. swindler, crook, scoundrel

Japanese

Romanization

koken

  1. Rōmaji transcription of こけん
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