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[Ian Zimmerman <itz AT buug.org>]

On Fri, 04 Jul 2014 13:51:00 -0400
Allen Brown 
<allenlbrown AT icloud.com>
 wrote:

Allen> From Le Petit Robert:

Allen> 1 COQ [kɔk] n. m.
Allen> milieu xiie ◇ du latin coccus, de l’onomatopée coco coco imitant le
Allen> cri du coq. Le latin a évincé l’ancien français jal, du latin
Allen> gallus et pou(i)l « jeune coq » → pou (1), 1. poule

Allen> HOM. Coke, coque.

If your point is about "coke" being an exact homonym, I think the
problem is this dictionary tells you how the _French_ say "coke".  Which
is not really relevant, is it?

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