coiffeur
See also: Coiffeur
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French coiffeur, from coiffer, from Old French coife, from Late Latin cofia (“cap”).
Noun
coiffeur (plural coiffeurs)
- A male hairdresser.
Coordinate terms
- coiffeuse
Verb
coiffeur (third-person singular simple present coiffeurs, present participle coiffeuring, simple past and past participle coiffeured)
- To cut or style hair
Anagrams
- coiffure
French
Etymology
coiffer + -eur
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwa.fœʁ/
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Noun
coiffeur m (plural coiffeurs, feminine coiffeuse)
- hairdresser
- Synonym: coupe-tifs
Descendants
- → English: coiffeur
- → German: Coiffeur
- → Turkish: kuaför
Further reading
- “coiffeur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- coiffure