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Toupet

{

Tou-pee′

(?; 277)
,

Tou-pet′

(?; 277)
}
,
Noun.
[F.
toupet
, dim. of OF.
top
a tuft; of Teutonic origin, and akin to E.
top
. See
Top
apex, and cf.
Topet
.]
1.
A little tuft; a curl or artificial lock of hair.
2.
A small wig, or a toppiece of a wig.
Her powdered hair is turned backward over a
toupee
.
G. Eliot.

Definition 2024


Toupet

Toupet

See also: toupet

German

Noun

Toupet n (genitive Toupets, plural Toupets)

  1. toupee

Declension

toupet

toupet

See also: Toupet

English

Noun

toupet (plural toupets)

  1. Archaic form of toupee.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: tou‧pet
  • IPA(key): /tupɛt/

Etymology

Borrowing from French toupet

Noun

toupet m (plural toupetten or toupets, diminutive toupetje n)

  1. toupee

Synonyms


French

Etymology

From Middle French toupet (small tuft of hair, forelock), from Old French toupet (small tuft of hair, forelock), diminutive of toupe, top (tuft of hair), from Frankish *topp (summit, crest, tuft of hair), from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (summit, crest, tuft of hair). Cognate with Old Dutch topp (top) (Dutch top), Old Frisian top (summit, crest, tuft of hair), Old English top (summit, crest, tuft of hair), Old High German zopf (end, summit, tuft of hair), Old Norse toppr (tuft of hair, forelock). More at top.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tupɛ/

Noun

toupet m (plural toupets)

  1. tuft (of hair)
  2. toupee
  3. (colloquial) cheek, nerve

Italian

Etymology

French

Noun

toupet m (invariable)

  1. toupee, hairpiece

Anagrams


Middle French

Noun

toupet m (plural toupets)

  1. tuft of hair on the top of the head

References

  • (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (toupet, supplement)

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French toupet.

Noun

toupet m (plural toupets)

  1. (Jersey) tuft

Synonyms


Old French

Noun

toupet m (oblique plural toupez or toupetz, nominative singular toupez or toupetz, nominative plural toupet)

  1. tuft of hair on the top of the head

References

  • (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (toupet, supplement)