cocasse

See also: coçasse

French

Etymology

From coquard.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ.kas/
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Adjective

cocasse (plural cocasses)

  1. amusing; funny; comical
    Synonym: grotesque
    • 2019 January 29, “"Les Estivants", "The Place"... Les films à voir (ou pas) cette semaine”, in L'Obs‎[1]:
      […] lui annonce, dans un café, qu'il la quitte. Elle s'effondre. Ce devrait être triste, et c'est aussi cocasse qu'une scène de rupture chez Woody Allen.
      […] announces to her, in a café, that he's leaving her. She collapses. It should be sad, and it's as funny as a break-up scene in a Woody Allen film.
    • 2023, Fabcaro, Didier Conrad, L'iris blanc [Asterix and the White Iris] (Asterix), Vanves: Hachette, →ISBN, page 38:
      Ahahah ! Un graveur de marines, comme c'est cocasse.
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