chapeau
[ sha-poh; French sha-poh ]
/ ʃæˈpoʊ; French ʃaˈpoʊ /
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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.
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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
Words nearby chapeau
chaparral lily, chaparral pea, chapati, chapbook, chape, chapeau, chapeau bras, chapel, chapel de fer, Chapel Hill, chapel of ease
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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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