coiffe

== English == === Verb === coiffe (third-person singular simple present coiffes, present participle coiffing, simple past and past participle coiffed) Alternative spelling of coif. === Anagrams === off-ice, office == French == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kwaf/ === Noun === coiffe f (plural coiffes) coif (headgear in general) une coiffe paysanne ― a peasant's coif (similar to a white bonnet) ==== Usage notes ==== This word, except to describe folk or historical dresses, is obsolete and replaced with coiffure, chapeau, etc. === Verb === coiffe inflection of coiffer: first-person singular/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “coiffe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === office == Middle French == === Etymology === 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”). === Noun === coiffe f (plural coiffes) coif (item of chain mail headgear)