Cocteau
[ kok-toh; French kawk-toh ]
/ kɒkˈtoʊ; French kɔkˈtoʊ /
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noun
Jean [zhahn], /ʒɑ̃/, 1889–1963, French author, artist, and filmmaker.
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Cocteau
/ (French kɔkto) /
noun
Jean (ʒɑ̃). 1889–1963, French dramatist, novelist, poet, critic, designer, and film director. His works include the novel Les Enfants terribles (1929) and the play La Machine infernale (1934)
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