toupet

Noun

toupet (plural toupets)

1. Archaic form of toupee.

Etymology

Borrowed from French toupet.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. toupee

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): /tu.pɛ/

Noun

toupet m (plural toupets)

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

Further reading

• “toupet” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

French

Noun

toupet m (invariable)

1. toupee, hairpiece

Anagrams

• potute

Alternative forms

• topet

Noun

toupet m (plural toupets)

1. tuft of hair on the top of the head

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (toupet, supplement)

Alternative forms

• tupé

Etymology

From Old French toupet.

Noun

toupet m (plural toupets)

1. (Jersey) tuft

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

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (toupet, supplement)