chapeau
[ sha-poh; French sha-poh ]
/ ʃæˈpoʊ; French ʃaˈpoʊ /
noun, plural cha·peaux [sha-pohz; French sha-poh] /ʃæˈpoʊz; French ʃaˈpoʊ/, cha·peaus.
a hat.
Heraldry.
- a representation of a low-crowned hat with a turned-up brim, usually of a different tincture, used either as a charge or as part of a crest.
- a cap depicted within a representation of a crown or coronet.
RELATED WORDS
helmet, fedora, headgear, cap, cover, hood, coronet, headdress, capote, lid, straw, bucket, bonnet, sailor, skimmer, millinery, Stetson, Panama, bowler, boater
Nearby words
- chaparral lily,
- chaparral pea,
- chapati,
- chapbook,
- chape,
- chapeau bras,
- chapel,
- chapel de fer,
- chapel hill,
- chapel of ease
Origin of chapeau
1515–25; < French; Old French chapel wreath, hat < Late Latin cappellus hood, hat, equivalent to capp(a) (see cap1) + -ellus diminutive suffix
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chapeau
/ (ˈʃæpəʊ, French ʃapo) /
noun plural -peaux (-pəʊ, -pəʊz, French -po) or -peaus
a hat
Word Origin for chapeau
C16: from French, from Late Latin cappellus hood, from cappa cap
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chapeau
1520s, from Middle French chapeau (Old French capel, 12c.) "hat," from Vulgar Latin *cappellus, from Late Latin capellum (also source of Italian cappello, Spanish capelo, Portuguese chapeo), diminutive of cappa (see cap (n.)).
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