coiffe

coiffe (third-person singular simple present coiffes, present participle coiffing, simple past and past participle coiffed)

1. Alternative spelling of coif

• off-ice, office

Inherited from Middle French coiffe, from Late Latin cofia, from Old High German *kuffia, *kuphia (“little cap”), diminutive of Old High German kuffa, kupha (“hood, cap”), from Proto-West Germanic *kuppu (“round object, bowl”) (see English cop). See also Middle High German kupfe (“cap”), Old High German kupphia (“cap”); also spelled coeffe up to the 18th century.

• IPA^(key): /kwaf/

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coiffe f (plural coiffes)

1. coif (headgear in general)

   une coiffe paysanne ― a peasant's coif (similar to a white bonnet)

This word, except to describe folk or historical dresses, is obsolete and replaced with coiffure, chapeau, etc.

coiffe

1. inflection of coiffer:
   1. first-person singular/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “coiffe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

• office

From Late Latin cofia, from West Germanic origin, from Proto-West Germanic *kuffju.

See also Middle High German kupfe (“cap”), Old High German kupphia (“cap”).

coiffe f (plural coiffes)

1. coif (item of chain mail headgear)