EuroLex/F/Coiffure

  • Original language: French
  • Original form and meaning: coiffure - 1. hairstyle, 2. headdress


(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.)


Language Form Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) Current Meaning and Status Earlier Meanings and Statusses Source
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Czech ... ... '...' '...' ...
Danish noun: coiffure ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
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English noun: coiffure, verb tr.: to coiffure 1631 'noun: meaning 1, 2;

verb: to provide with a coiffure'

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Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish ... ... '...' '...' ...
French ... ... '...' '...' ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German noun: Coiffure ... 'art of hairdressing; Swiss German: hairdresser's' '...' ...
Hungarian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Polish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Portuguese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Swedish noun: koaffyr ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...

Annotations edit

Etymology: from coiffer "to dress hair", from OF coife, originally "inner part of the helmet".

Source: http://www.etymonline.com

Information on Other Languages edit

Czech: účes

Danish also: frisure

Dutch: kapsel

Estonian: soeng

Finnish: kampaus

Hungarian: frizura

Italian: acconciatura

Latvian: frizūra

Lituanian: šukuosena

Norwegian: frisyre

Polish: fryzura

Portuguese: penteado

Slovak: účes

Slovenian: pričeska

Spanish: peinado

Swedish also: frisyr, håruppsättning

All roots starting with fris-, friz-, fryz- also derived from F. The root is the F verb friser (to curl, to frizz).