toupee

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

tupé

peluquín

bisoñé

peluca

postizo

peluca de hombre

Sinónimos

hairpiece

toupe

wig

postiche

switch

topknot

false hair

crest

toupée

periwig

peruke

Traducciones

Toupet

postiche

toupet

toupet

faux toupet

toupet

perruquí

topete postiço

eğreti tepe saçı

ufak peruka

الشعر المستعار

küçük peruk

Perücke

Haarteil

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/tuːˈpeɪ/

Etimología (Inglés)

Cognado con Old Dutch: topp

Cognado con neerlandés: top

Cognado con Old Frisian: top

Cognado con inglés antiguo: top

Cognado con alto alemán antiguo: zopf

Cognado con nórdico antiguo: toppr

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.