English

Noun

coiffure ‎(plural coiffures)

1. hairstyle

Translations

Verb

coiffure ‎(third-person singular simple present coiffures, present participle coiffuring, simple past and past participle coiffured)

1. (transitive) to style or arrange hair
   • 1996 August 23, Ted Shen, “Angel Dust”, in Chicago Reader:

     Perfectly coiffured and seemingly imperturbable, Setsuko approaches madness as her psychological and sexual insecurities are dredged up by confrontations with her past and mind games with the suspected murderer.

   • 1920, E. Phillips Oppenheim, The Great Impersonation:

     Her eyes seldom left for long the other end of the table, where Stephanie, at Dominey's left hand, with her crown of exquisitely coiffured red-gold hair, her marvellous jewellery, her languorous grace of manner, seemed more like one of the beauties of an ancient Venetian Court than a modern Hungarian Princess gowned in the Rue de la Paix.

   • 1915, E. Phillips Oppenheim, Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo:

     Her hair was far less elaborately coiffured and her toilette less magnificent than the toilettes of the women by whom she was surrounded.

   • 1842, Edgcumbe Staley, The Tragedies of the Medici:

     Her attire is rich, she wears costly jewels, and her hair is tastefully coiffured.

Anagrams

• coiffeur

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kwa.fyʁ/

Noun

coiffure f ‎(plural coiffures)

1. headwear, headgear (garment worn on someone's head)
2. hairstyle

Related terms

• coiffer
• coiffeur

Anagrams

• coiffeur