toque

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) toque (a brimless hat)
2. (feminine) a pillbox hat
3. (feminine, specifically) a type of round brimless hat traditionally worn by certain professions in France, such as university professors or judges
4. (feminine) toque (a chef's hat)
5. (broadly, feminine, informal) a chef
6. (feminine) skullcap (Scutellaria)

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person) inflection of toquer:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of toquer:

Concepts

toque

cap

cover

beret

Endgame

pillbox hat

chef's hat

Synonyms

bonnet

mortier

tuque

toquet

Translations

muts

kapje

baret

Mütze

pet

Kappe

gorra

Aufsatzstück

Haube

Kochmütze

barrete

boina

boné

gorro

gorro

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɔk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: toque

In summary

Inherited from Middle French toque, tocque (“toque", also "a type of hairstyle”), in some senses from Spanish toca (“headdress”) and in other senses from Italian tocca, from Lombard toh, from Lombardic *tuoh, from Proto-West Germanic *dōk (“cloth”).