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Definition: Chapeau |
ChapeauNoun1. Headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "chapeau" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1814. (references) |
Etymology: Chapeau \Cha`peau"\, noun; plural Chapeux. [French expression, from the Old French expression chapel hat. See Chaplet.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Chapeau or ~~~Chapel de Roses. Chapel de Roses. C'est un petit mariage, car quand on demande ce qu'un père donne à une fille, et qu'on veut répondre qu'il donne peu, on dit quil lui donne un chapeau de roses. Les roses sont consacrés à Venus, aux Grâces, et à l'Amour, (Les Origines de quelques Coutumes Anciennes, 1672.) N.B.- "Chapel" we now call a chaplet. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Synonyms: ChapeauSynonyms: hat (n), lid (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Clothing | Headdress, headgear; chapeau, crush hat, opera hat; kaffiyeh; sombrero, jam, tam-o-shanter, tarboosh, topi, sola topi, pagri, puggaree; cap, hat, beaver hat, coonskin cap; castor, bonnet, tile, wideawake, wimple; nightcap, mobcap, skullcap; hood, coif; capote, calash; kerchief, snood, babushka; head, coiffure; crown; (circle); chignon, pelt, wig, front, peruke, periwig, caftan, turban, fez, shako, csako, busby; kepi, forage cap, bearskin; baseball cap; fishing hat; helmet; mask, domino. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Chapeau |
| English words defined with "chapeau": Chapeau bras, Chapeux. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "chapeau": Albanian Hat ♦ Carabas ♦ SHAP, SHAPPO. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Chapeau" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (cap, hat, tall hat). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Chapeau claque (1974) L' Homme au chapeau rond (1946) Un chapeau de paille d'Italie (1944) Le Chapeau de Max (1913) Un arbre avec un chapeau (2000) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Lake Chapeau in the foreground. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | A clear aerial view of Lake Chapeau in the right of the image. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | A close-up view of the created wetlands at Lake Chapeau. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | David Burkholder, project manager, Lake Chapeau. The image is taken at Point Au Fer from west to east at the breach area. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Composition au chapeau. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Chapeau blanc. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | They were what, among the Chapeau Brothers, are called (r)bini |
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| "Chapeau" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Chapeau" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 6 | 143,867 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "chapeau": Chapeau bras. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
chapeau | 63 | chapeau filles les | 3 |
chapeau tricot | 12 | chapeau de paille zec | 3 |
accessoire chapeau pour | 5 | chapeau restaurant | 3 |
chapeau creation de | 5 | chapeau femmes les | 2 |
chapeau quebec | 5 | chapeau de gendarme | 2 |
chapeau chinois | 4 | chapeau indigo | 2 |
chapeau melon | 4 | chapeau epingle le | 2 |
chapeau juif | 4 | chapeau rouge | 2 |
bottes chapeau cuir de et melon | 4 | chapeau de graduation | 2 |
chapeau cowboy de | 3 | armand chapeau | 2 |
chapeau francisco san | 3 | chapeau de paille | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "chapeau"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Hungarian | kalap (hat, headgear, sundown). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | apeauchay.(various references) | |
Spanish | cabeza (bean, chump, coryphaeus, father, head, lead, nob, noodle, pate, rocker, testa, top). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "chapeau": chapeaus, chapeaux. (additional references) | |
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"Chapeau" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cadeau, Caepio, capea, Chameau, Chapei, Chapius, Chapka, Chareau, chepauk, Chipeta, chuppah. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-h-p-u" | |
-1 letter: apache. | |
-2 letters: apace, chape, cheap, pacha, peach. | |
-3 letters: ache, cape, caph, chap, each, epha, heap, paca, pace, pech, puce. | |
-4 letters: aah, ace, aha, ape, cap, cep, cue, cup, eau, ecu, hae, hap, hep, hue, hup, pac, pah, pea, pec, peh. | |
-5 letters: aa, ae, ah, eh, ha, he, pa, pe, uh, up. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-h-p-u" | |
+1 letter: chapeaus, chapeaux. | |
+2 letters: parachute. | |
+3 letters: acephalous, parachuted, parachutes. | |
+4 letters: autocephaly, ipecacuanha, purchasable. | |
+5 letters: alphanumeric, ipecacuanhas. | |
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