toupet

== English == === Noun === toupet (plural toupets) Archaic form of toupee. == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from French toupet. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tuˈpɛt/ Hyphenation: tou‧pet Rhymes: -ɛt === Noun === toupet m (plural toupetten or toupets, diminutive toupetje n) toupee ==== Synonyms ==== haarstuk ==== Related terms ==== == 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): /tu.pɛ/ === Noun === toupet m (plural toupets) tuft (of hair) toupee (colloquial) cheek, nerve Synonym: culot ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “toupet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == 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 Italiana === Anagrams === potute == Middle French == === Alternative forms === topet === Noun === toupet m (plural toupets) tuft of hair on the top of the head ==== Descendants ==== French: toupet (see there for further descendants) === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “toupet”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. == Norman == === Alternative forms === tupé === Etymology === From Old French toupet. === Noun === toupet m (plural toupets) (Jersey) tuft ==== Synonyms ==== tun tus == 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 Galician: topete Portuguese: topete === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “toupet”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.