coquetry

Questions about coquetry

What does coquetry mean?

coquetry means "playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest".

How many syllables are in coquetry?

coquetry has 3 syllables and divides as coq-ue-try under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for coquetry?

Close synonyms include flirt, flirting, flirtation, dalliance, toying. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is coquetry a common word?

coquetry is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.