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Dictionary: cock·ney or Cock·ney (kŏk') pronunciation

n., pl., -neys, or -neys.
  1. A native of the East End of London.
  2. The dialect or accent of the natives of the East End of London.
adj.
Of or relating to cockneys or their dialect.

[Middle English cokenei, cock's egg, pampered child, city dweller : coken, cock (possibly blend of cok; see cock1 , and chiken, chicken; see chicken) + ei, egg (from Old English ǣg).]


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a native of the east end of London


The adjective Cockney has one meaning:

Meaning #1: relating to or resembling a cockney
  Pertains to noun: Cockney (meaning #1)


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - østlondoner, cockneydialekt
adj. - londonsk- cockney-

Nederlands (Dutch)
Londens dialect, inwoner van Londen

Français (French)
n. - cockney, habitant de l'Est de Londres
adj. - cockney

Deutsch (German)
n. - Cockney (waschechter Londoner, Dialekt)
adj. - Cockney-

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κόκνι, γνήσιος λαϊκός Λονδρέζος ή η προφορά του
adj. - των ανατολικών λαϊκών συνοικιών του Λονδίνου, (μτφ.) λονδρέζικος

Italiano (Italian)
cockney

Português (Portuguese)
n. - dialeto (m) londrino
adj. - relativo ao dialeto londrino

Русский (Russian)
диалект кокни, уроженец Ист-Энда в Лондоне

Español (Spanish)
n. - nativo de Londres, acento cockney
adj. - nativo de Londres, relativo al acento de los londinenses

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - cockney
adj. - cockney-

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
伦敦人, 伦敦腔, 伦敦话, 伦敦人的, 伦敦人气派的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 倫敦人, 倫敦腔, 倫敦話
adj. - 倫敦人的, 倫敦人氣派的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 런던내기, 나약한 도시인
adj. - 런던 말씨의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ロンドン子, ロンドン英語

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) من سكان لندن الأصليين, لهجه خاصه ببعض سكنه لندن (صفه) ما يخص سكان لندن أو لهجتهم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮יליד מזרח לונדון, קוקני, מבטא המוני, מבטא מזרח-לונדוני, מין דג (אוסטרליה)‬
adj. - ‮אופייני לקוקנים למבטאם ולעגה האנגלית שלהם‬


 
 
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