EuroLex/F/Coiffeur

  • Original language: French
  • Original form and meaning: coiffeur - 1. hairdesser, barber


(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


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English male: coiffeur, female: coiffeuse 1847 'meaning 1' '...' http://www.etymonline.com/
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German male: Coiffeur, female: Coiffeuse ... 'meaning 1, higher register' '...' ...
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Rumantsch Coiffeur ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
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Annotations edit

Etymology: word for "hairdresser", from coiffer "to dress hair", from OF coife, originally "inner part of the helmet". A female hairdresser would properly be a coiffeuse.

Sorce: http://www.etymonline.com

Information on Other Languages edit

The more common German word for Coiffeur is Friseur/Frisör, which also derived from F. The root is the F verb friser (to curl, to frizz). The (politically correct) female form is Friseurin/Frisörin.

Source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friseur