toupee

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

toupet

sinonimi

hairpiece

toupe

wig

postiche

switch

topknot

false hair

crest

toupée

periwig

peruke

Traduzioni

Toupet

tupé

peluquín

postiche

toupet

toupet

bisoñé

faux toupet

perruquí

peluca

postizo

peluca de hombre

eğreti tepe saçı

ufak peruka

الشعر المستعار

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/tuːˈpeɪ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine Old Dutch: topp

Affine olandese: top

Affine Old Frisian: top

Affine inglese antico: top

Affine tedesco antico alto: zopf

Affine norse antico: 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.