coiffure

[ kwah-fyoor; French kwa-fyr ]
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noun,plural coif·fures [kwah-fyoorz; French kwa-fyr]. /kwɑˈfyʊərz; French kwaˈfür/.
  1. a style of arranging the hair.

  2. a head covering; headdress.

verb (used with object),coif·fured [kwah-fyoord], /kwɑˈfyʊərd/, coif·fur·ing [kwah-fyoor-ing]. /kwɑˈfyʊər ɪŋ/.
  1. to arrange or comb (the hair) in a coiffure; to style (the hair).

  2. to provide with a head covering or headdress; cover with a coiffure.

Origin of coiffure

1
First recorded in 1625–35; from French, equivalent to coiff(er) “to dress the hair” + -ure noun suffix; see origin at coif2, -ure
  • Also coif, coiffe [kwahf] /kwɑf/ .

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How to use coiffure in a sentence

  • She settled her chain and puffed the elaborate coiffure of her hair, the while she continued to survey the class.

    Emmy Lou | George Madden Martin
  • His coiffure alone would have made him appear whimsical and ridiculous, had not his head been noble and distinguished.

British Dictionary definitions for coiffure

coiffure

/ (kwɑːˈfjʊə, French kwafyr) /


noun
  1. a hairstyle

  2. an obsolete word for headdress

verb
  1. (tr) to dress or arrange (the hair)

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