toupet

Meaning

1. tuft (of hair)
2. toupee
3. (colloquial) cheek, nerve

Concepts

cheek

toupee

nerve

gall

kok-sagyz

rubber dandelion

brass

sauce

tease

face

kok-saghyz

sauciness

topknot

wisp

tuft of hair

toupe

aplomb

khokhol

audacity

boldness

brashness

cowlick

crest

forelock

hairpiece

impudence

postiche

quiff

Synonyms

culot

houppe

huppe

cuisinier du bord

coq

postiche

nerf

touffe

faux toupet

mèche folle

aplomb

culot

assurance

audace

cran

effronterie

joue

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tu.pɛ/

Etymology

Cognate with Old Dutch: topp

Cognate with Dutch: top

Cognate with Old Frisian: top

Cognate with Old English: top

Cognate with Old High German: zopf

Cognate with Old Norse: toppr

In summary

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.