coiffure
French, noun/kwa.fyʁ/
coiffure is spelled C-O-I-F-F-U-R-E (8 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written French, the 7,671st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coiffure is a French feminine noun meaning “headwear, headgear (garment worn on one's head)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Manière dont on arrange les cheveux selon le pays et la mode”.
What does coiffure mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineheadwear, headgear (garment worn on one's head)
- 2
femininehairstyle
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Manière dont on arrange les cheveux selon le pays et la mode. 2. Activité consistant à coiffer. 3. Ce qui sert à couvrir et à orner la tête.
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 coiffure
- coiffures plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coiffure?
- /kwa.fyʁ/
- \kwa.fyʁ\
- \kwa.fy.ʁə\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to coiffure
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is coiffure in French?
coiffure appears 8.3 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).