toupee

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Sinônimos

hairpiece

toupe

wig

postiche

switch

topknot

false hair

crest

toupée

periwig

peruke

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/tuːˈpeɪ/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Cognato com Old Dutch: topp

Cognato com holandês: top

Cognato com Old Frisian: top

Cognato com inglês arcaico: top

Cognato com alemão arcaico alto: zopf

Cognato com nórdico arcaico: 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.