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It's pronounced cock, coq means rooster/cock in French.

Very interesting. So we can derive the phonetics from those provided for coq au vin (/ˌkɒk oʊ ˈvæ̃/), which I have apparently been mispronouncing for a while.

The o sound is slightly different. More like the first o in bottom

That sounds the same to my ear. At least the way I pronounce both words. c-awe-ck and b-awe-ttom.

I believe in most North American dialects "corn" is one of the only open "o" in common usage. Try to pronounce an "o" without ending it in a "w" sound. Just holding it longer... and then stop without closing your lips.

You can listen here for the difference, https://www.linguee.fr/francais-anglais/search?source=auto&q....

with French pronunciation on top, English beneath.

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