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Toupet
Tou-pee′
Tou-pet′
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Toupet
toupet
toupet
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: tou‧pet
- IPA(key): /tupɛt/
Etymology
Noun
toupet m (plural toupetten or toupets, diminutive toupetje n)
Synonyms
French
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tupɛ/
Noun
toupet m (plural toupets)
Middle French
Noun
toupet m (plural toupets)
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (toupet, supplement)
Old French
Noun
toupet m (oblique plural toupez or toupetz, nominative singular toupez or toupetz, nominative plural toupet)
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (toupet, supplement)