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English Noun toupet (plural toupets
Archaic form of toupee Dutch Etymology Borrowed from French toupet
Pronunciation Hyphenation: tou‧pet
IPA (key ) : /tupɛt/ Noun toupet m plural toupetten or toupets diminutive toupetje n
toupee 1730 Jonathan Swift , “Death And Daphne,”, in Some Verse Pieces :From her own Head, Megwra takesToupets of this upper World [ …] (please add an English translation of this quotation) 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 Noun toupet m plural toupets
tuft (of hair)toupee ( colloquial ) cheek , nerve
Synonym: culot Descendants Further reading Italian Etymology Unadapted borrowing from French toupet
Noun toupet m invariable
toupee , hairpiece Further reading toupet in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line , Istituto dell'Enciclopedia ItalianaAnagrams Middle French Alternative forms Noun toupet m plural toupets
tuft of hair on the top of the head Descendants French: toupet see there for further descendants ) References Godefroy, Frédéric , Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX e au XV e siècle (1881)toupet , supplement)Norman Alternative forms Etymology From Old French toupet
Noun toupet m plural toupets
( Jersey ) tuft Synonyms Old French Noun toupet oblique singular , m oblique plural toupez or toupetz nominative singular toupez or toupetz nominative plural toupet
tuft of hair on the top of the head Descendants → Old Galician-Portuguese: topete References Godefroy, Frédéric , Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX e au XV e siècle (1881)toupet , supplement)