coiffe
French, noun
coiffe is spelled C-O-I-F-F-E (6 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written French, the 18,966th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coiffe is a French feminine noun meaning “coif (headgear in general)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of coiffer. With an accent, coiffé is a different word: “past participle of coiffer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Couvre-chef destiné à couvrir la tête des femmes”.
What does coiffe mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecoif (headgear in general)
une coiffe paysanne
verb
- 1
first-person singular/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of coiffer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Couvre-chef destiné à couvrir la tête des femmes. 2. Bonnet, garniture intérieure d'un casque, d'un chapeau, etc. 3. Membrane que quelques enfants ont sur la tête en venant au monde. 4. Enveloppe membraneuse qui recouvre l’urne des mousses, calyptre.
adjective: 1. Qui porte une coiffure. 2. Dont la tête est couverte de quelque chose. 3. Dont les cheveux sont peignés, brossés, disposés d'une certaine manière. 4. Qui est frappé par le vent sur leur avant.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de coiffe.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of coiffe
- coiffes plural
- coiffée feminine
- coiffés masculine plural
- coiffées feminine plural
- coîffes plural
- coëfe
- coife
- coëffe
- coeffe
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to coiffe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is coiffe in French?
coiffe appears 2.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).