toupet
French, noun/tu.pɛ/
toupet is spelled T-O-U-P-E-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 45,502nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Toupet is a French masculine noun meaning “tuft (of hair)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite touffe de poils, de cheveux, de crins, de laine”.
What does toupet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetuft (of hair)
- 2
masculinetoupee
- 3
colloquialmasculinecheek, nerve
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petite touffe de poils, de cheveux, de crins, de laine. 2. Touffe de cheveux qui est au haut du front. 3. Postiche qui recouvre le sommet du front. 4. Partie de la crinière qui passe entre les deux oreilles du cheval et qui lui tombe sur le front.
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 toupet
- toupets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce toupet?
- /tu.pɛ/
- Canada /tu.pɛt/
- \tu.pɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to toupet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is toupet in French?
toupet appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).