cocoon

English

Etymology

From French cocon, diminutive of coque (“shell”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈkuːn/ [kʰɘ̞ˈkʰu̟ːn]

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• Rhymes: -uːn
• Homophone: kokoon

Noun

cocoon (plural cocoons)

1. The silky protective case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, the pupa.
2. Any similar protective case, whether real or metaphorical.

Derived terms

• brood cocoon
• carcoon
• cocooner
• cocoonery
• cocoonet
• cocoonish
• cocoonlike
• decocoon
• jet cocoon
• uncocoon

 

Translations

protective case

• Afrikaans: kokon
• Albanian: fshikë (sq)
• Arabic: شَرْنَقَة (ar) f (šarnaqa)
• Armenian: բոժոժ (hy) (božož), խոզակ (hy) (xozak)
• Azerbaijani: barama (az)
• Belarusian: ко́кан m (kókan)
• Bulgarian: пашкул (bg) m (paškul), какавида f (kakavida)
• Burmese: ပိုးအိမ် (my) (pui:im)
• Catalan: capoll (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 繭／茧 (zh) (jiǎn)

• Czech: kukla (cs) f, kokon (cs) m
• Danish: kokon (da) c
• Dutch: cocon (nl) c
• Esperanto: kokono
• Estonian: nukk, kookon
• Faroese: spunahylki n
• Finnish: kotelo (fi); kokongi (cocoon of silkworm)
• French: cocon (fr) m
• Georgian: აბრეშუმის პარკი (abrešumis ṗarḳi)
• German: Kokon (de) m
• Greek: κουκούλι (el) n (koukoúli)
• Gujarati: કોશેટો m (kośeṭo)
• Hebrew: פְּקַעַת (he) f (pqá'at)
• Hindi: खोल (hi) m (khol)
• Hungarian: gubó (hu), selyemgubó (hu), báb (hu)
• Icelandic: lirfuhýði n, egghylki n
• Ido: kokono (io)
• Irish: cocún m
• Italian: bozzolo (it) m
• Japanese: 繭 (ja) (まゆ, mayu)
• Khmer: សំបុកនាង (sɑmbok nieng)
• Korean: 고치 (gochi)
• Kyrgyz: пилла (pilla)
• Latvian: kokons m
• Macedonian: кокона f (kokona)
• Malay: kokun
• Maori: kopa (mi)
• Marathi: कोश (koś)
• Navajo: kʼaalógii bitʼoh (for a butterfly), iichʼąhii bitʼoh (for a moth)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kokong m

  Nynorsk: kokong m

• Pashto: غوزه (ps) f
• Persian: پیله (fa) (pile)
• Plautdietsch: Kockun m
• Polish: kokon (pl) m
• Portuguese: casulo (pt) m
• Romanian: cocon (ro) m, gogoașă (ro) f, gogoașă de mătase (ro) f
• Russian: ко́кон (ru) m (kókon)
• Rwanda-Rundi: cocon
• Scottish Gaelic: cochall m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Latin: čahura (sh) f

• Slovak: kokón m, kukla f
• Slovene: buba (sl) f
• Spanish: capullo (es) m
• Swedish: puppa (sv) c
• Tagalog: tilas, supot-uod
• Telugu: కోశము (te) (kōśamu)
• Thai: ดักแด้ (th) (dàk-dɛ̂ɛ)
• Turkish: koza (tr)
• Ukrainian: ко́кон m (kókon)
• Urdu: کوکُون (kokūn)
• Vietnamese: kén (vi) (繭 (vi))
• Volapük: kokun
• Welsh: cocŵn m
• Yiddish: קאַקון f (kakun)

any similar protective case, whether real or metaphorical

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: cocon (nl) c
• Finnish: kotelo (fi), suojus (fi)
• French: cocon (fr) m
• Galician: burbulla (gl)
• Italian: bozzolo (it) m
• Polish: kokon (pl) m
• Russian: ко́кон (ru) m (kókon)

Verb

cocoon (third-person singular simple present cocoons, present participle cocooning, simple past and past participle cocooned)

1. (transitive) To envelop in a protective case.
   • 2021, Rivers Solomon, Sorrowland, #Merky Books, page 163:

     Vern grabbed the throw draped over the back of the sofa and cocooned herself within it.

2. (intransitive) To withdraw into such a case.

Translations

envelop in a protective case

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 包裹 (zh) (bāoguǒ)

• Finnish: koteloida (fi)
• Hungarian: bebugyolál (hu), burkol (hu), beburkol (hu)
• Portuguese: casulo (pt)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

withdraw into such a case

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: koteloitua (fi)
• Hungarian: begubózik (hu), beburkolózik (hu), burkolózik (hu)
• Portuguese: casulo (pt)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: kabuğuna çekilmek (tr)