coquere
To cook in Latin is coquere.
The verb coquere means to prepare food for eating.
Meaning: to prepare food for eating (verb)
Which one should you use?
When referring to a person who prepares food, use the masculine noun coquus for a male cook and the feminine noun coqua for a female cook. The term cocus is also a related noun for a cook.
Related words
How does it change in a sentence?
The default form coquere is the present active infinitive. To say 'he/she/it cooks', use the third-person singular present indicative form coquit. The noun coctura can be derived from this verb to refer to the act of cooking or the result of cooking.
Did you know?
- The Latin term coquere is also the root for the English word 'excruciating', which originally meant 'to cook out' or 'to torture by heat'.
- The term coction in early English medicine was a direct loan from the Latin sense of coquere, meaning the digestion of food in the stomach.
- The Latin coquere is the ancestor of the English word 'concoct', which originally meant to boil together before it meant to invent a story.
Examples in context
- Non opus est coquere.I don't have to cook it.This sentence shows how to express the necessity of using coquere.Tatoeba #11665882 by carlosalberto, translation #7745475 by shekitten
- Hic coquere tibi licet.You can cook here.This sentence demonstrates using coquere to express permission.Tatoeba #6001837 by CarpeLanam, translation #2610653 by CM
- Quis tē coquere docuit?Who taught you how to cook?This sentence shows how to use coquere when asking about someone's instruction or training.Tatoeba #11155077 by alexmarcelo, translation #9409867 by CK
- Sum coquusI am a cook.
- Sum coquinaI am a female cook.
- Coquus ad focum cibum coquit.The cook at the hearth cooks food.
- 18 more sentences on Tatoeba
Example conversation
Aurelia and Marcus are deciding who will make dinner.
- AureliaVisne tu hodie coquere?Do you want to cook today?
- MarcusIta, possum ego coquere.Yes, I can cook.
- AureliaQuid vis coquere?What do you want to cook?
- MarcusCarnem et holera coquere volo.I want to cook meat and vegetables.
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
