cooky

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈkʊki/ UK /ˈkʊki/ See IPA manual

Homophones

cookie /ˈkʊki/

noun

Meanings

1

noun
a small sweet baked treat; a variant spelling of cookie

Grandma's tin always held one last chocolate cooky for me.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a small sweet baked treat;... cookie biscuit wafer

Word family

Related forms cookie cook

Etymology

A variant spelling of 'cookie', from Dutch 'koekje' ('little cake'), a diminutive of 'koek' ('cake').

koekje Dutch

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

# cooky

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈkʊki
**IPA (UK):** ˈkʊki

## Meanings
1. a small sweet baked treat; a variant spelling of cookie

## Examples
- Grandma's tin always held one last chocolate cooky for me.

## Synonyms
- cookie
- biscuit
- wafer

## Related Forms
- cookie
- cook

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: koekje

## Etymology
A variant spelling of 'cookie', from Dutch 'koekje' ('little cake'), a diminutive of 'koek' ('cake').

## AI Etymology
Cooky is a variant spelling of 'cookie', from Dutch 'koekje' ('little cake'), a diminutive of 'koek' ('cake'). The immediate etymological form is Dutch koekje. In present use as a noun, it means "a small sweet baked treat; a variant spelling of cookie", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include cookie and cook. The surrounding word family keeps the same base visible in cookie and cook, showing how the headword belongs to a larger cluster rather than standing alone.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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