toupee

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. A wig of false hair worn to cover a bald spot, especially as worn by a man.
  2. (obsolete) A small tuft; a curl or artificial lock of hair.
  3. (obsolete) A small wig, or a toppiece of a wig, worn by both sexes.

Übersetzungen

faux toupet

perruquí

peluca de hombre

eğreti tepe saçı

ufak peruka

الشعر المستعار

küçük peruk

μικρή περούκα

Frequenz

25k
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/tuːˈpeɪ/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

1727, from French toupet (“small tuft of hair, forelock”), 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.

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