toque.
A type of hat with no brim.
Meaning & usage
A type of hat with no brim.
A tall white hat with no brim of the sort worn by chefs.
A chef.
A variety of bonnet monkey; toque macaque, Macaca sinica.
An African nominal money of account, equal to 40 cowries.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French toque (“toque”), from Arabic طَاقِيَّة (ṭāqiyya).
A knitted hat, usually conical but of varying shape, often woollen, and sometimes topped by a pom-pom or tassel.
Where this word comes from
1871. Assimilated from Canadian French tuque. Likely to be a hypercorrection from the time that toque was already in the dictionaries when they did not yet list tuque as a kind of hat. The French word tuque for hat is itself not strictly a deformation of French toque: it is also related to other meanings of tuque and to its former name bonnet à la turque (literally “Turkish-style bunnet/cap”).
A rhythm used in Latin music, especially Cuban religious rituals.
The guitar part of flamenco music.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Spanish tocardeverb. Spanish toquebor. English toque Borrowed from Spanish toque.
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