cockney accent

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• cockney accent — accent of those from the East End of London …   English contemporary dictionary

• Cockney — UK [ˈkɒknɪ] / US [ˈkɑknɪ] or Cockney UK / US noun Word forms cockney : singular cockney plural cockneys 1) [countable] someone born in the east end (= eastern central part) of London, especially a working class person 2) [uncountable] a type of… …   English dictionary

• cockney — UK [ˈkɒknɪ] / US [ˈkɑknɪ] or Cockney UK / US noun Word forms cockney : singular cockney plural cockneys 1) [countable] someone born in the east end (= eastern central part) of London, especially a working class person 2) [uncountable] a type of… …   English dictionary

• Cockney — For other uses, see Cockney (disambiguation). St. Mary le Bow The term Cockney has both geographical and linguistic associations. Geographically and culturally, it often refers to working class Londoners, particularly those in the East End.… …   Wikipedia

• cockney — [[t]kɒ̱kni[/t]] cockneys 1) N COUNT: oft N n A cockney is a person who was born in the East End of London. ...a Cockney cab driver... Pomeroy was a cockney barrow boy at heart. 2) N UNCOUNT Cockney is the dialect and accent of the East End of… …   English dictionary

• cockney — cock|ney Cockney [ˈkɔkni US ˈka:k ] n [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: cockney male chicken s egg, child treated too well, person who lives in a town (14 19 centuries), from cocken of cocks + ey egg (11 16 centuries) (from Old English Ag)] 1.) someone… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• cockney or Cockney — cock|ney or Cock|ney [ kakni ] noun 1. ) count someone born in the EAST END (=eastern central part) of London, especially a working class person 2. ) uncount a type of informal English that cockneys speak ╾ cock|ney adjective: a cockney accent …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• cockney — [ kɔknɛ ] n. et adj. • 1750 « Londonien »; mot angl. cocken ey, pour cocken egg « œuf de coq », sobriquet du Londonien ♦ Londonien caractérisé par son langage populaire (celui de l East End). Les cockneys. N. m. (1933) Ce langage. « Une fille des …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• cockney — c.1600, usually said to be from rare M.E. cokenei, cokeney spoiled child, milksop (late 14c.), originally cokene ey cock s egg (mid 14c.). Most likely disentangling of the etymology is to start from O.E. cocena cock s egg genitive plural of coc… …   Etymology dictionary

• cockney — ► NOUN (pl. cockneys) 1) a native of the East End of London, traditionally one born within the sound of Bow Bells. 2) the dialect or accent prevailing in this area. ORIGIN originally denoting a pampered child, later a town dweller regarded as… …   English terms dictionary

• Cockney — L église St Mary le bow sur Cheapside. Le terme cockney désigne les Londoniens issus de la classe ouvrière et habitant l est de la ville, ainsi que leur argot. Selon la tradition, ce mot qualifie, au sens strict, ceux qui pouvaient entendre… …   Wikipédia en Français