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toupet.

tuft (of hair)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/tu.pɛ//tu.pɛt/Canada

  1. tuft (of hair)

    masculine

  2. toupee

    masculine

  3. cheek, nerve

    colloquial · masculine
Where this word comes from

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.

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