chapeau chinois

\ʃa.po ʃi.nwa\

/\ʃa.po ʃi.nwa\/ noun

The verdict

“chapeau chinois” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Couvre-chef pointu des paysans de Chine et de divers pays d’Asie de l’est et du sud-est.

Corpus desk

Index FR-chapeau-chinois · chapeau chinois · French

chapeau chinois · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for chapeau chinois
PropertyValue
Headwordchapeau chinois
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʃa.po ʃi.nwa\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « chapeau chinois » en français

chapeau chinoisreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

chapeau chinois is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ʃa.po ʃi.nwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for chapeau chinois, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is chapeau chinois, spelled C-H-A-P-E-A-U- -C-H-I-N-O-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Couvre-chef pointu des paysans de Chine et de divers pays d’Asie de l’est et du sud-est.
  2. 2
    Pièce de fumisterie placée à l’extrémité d’un conduit de fumée.
  3. 3
    Instrument de musique militaire.
  4. 4
    Nom vernaculaire d’un coquillage (Calyptraea chinensis) en forme de cône.
  5. 5
    Pièce mécanique utilisée dans les opérations de vinification.
  6. 6
    Accent circonflexe (^) dans les définitions enfantines d’apprentissage de l’orthographe.
  7. 7
    Ensemble de boutons sur les joysticks.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how chapeau chinois appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Est-ce un hasard si les fenêtres de mon appartement parisien offrent la même configuration, avec les voies de la gare du Nord dont je perçois le trafic sans rien en voir, par-delà une brève forêt d’antennes, paraboles & chapeaux chinois ?

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "chapeau chinois"?
"chapeau chinois" is spelled C-H-A-P-E-A-U- -C-H-I-N-O-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ʃa.po ʃi.nwa\.
What does "chapeau chinois" mean?
As a noun, "chapeau chinois" means: Couvre-chef pointu des paysans de Chine et de divers pays d’Asie de l’est et du sud-est.
How do you pronounce "chapeau chinois"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "chapeau chinois" is \ʃa.po ʃi.nwa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "chapeau chinois" come from?
"chapeau chinois" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list