Meaning

5 senses

  1. A hat.

  2. A cap of maintenance.

  3. The mass of grape solids that floats on the surface during the fermentation of wine.

  4. The text at the start of a numbered section of a legal document that appears directly beside the section number, ahead of any numbered subsections.

  5. A passage of introductory text appearing in a treaty that broadly defines its principles, objectives, and background.

More definitions
  • headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French chappeau. The interjection is after Modern French chapeau in s

Borrowed from Middle French chappeau. The interjection is after Modern French chapeau in similar use, originally short for chapeau bas.

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Forms

plural: chapeaus / chapeaux
Singularchapeau
Pluralchapeaus / chapeaux

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim:hatlid

Word family

3 related words
Relatedchapeau-braschapeaugraphy
Derivedchapeaued

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
chaoticB2chapchapatichapelchaperone

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