different between coupee vs toupee

English

Etymology

French coupée, past participle of couper (“to cut”). Compare coupé, coopee.

Noun

coupee (plural coupees)

1. A motion in dancing, when one leg is a little bent and raised from the floor, and with the other a forward motion is made.

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English

Alternative forms

• toupe
• toupée
• toupet

Etymology

1727, from French toupet (“small tuft of hair, forelock”), 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): /tu??pe?/
• Rhymes: -e?

Noun

toupee (plural toupees)

1. A wig of false hair worn to cover a bald spot, especially as worn by a man.
2. (obsolete) A little tuft; a curl or artificial lock of hair.
3. (obsolete) A small wig, or a toppiece of a wig.
   • G. Eliot

     Her powdered hair is turned backward over a toupee.

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