coif
A hairdoA hairdo.
Meaning
4 sensesA hairdo.
причёскаpričóska
(historical)A hood; a close-fitting cap covering much of the head, widespread until the 18th century; after that worn only by small children and country women.
Bundhaube
ша́почкаšápočka, чепе́цčepéc
(historical)A similar item of mail armour covering the head.
An official headdress, such as that worn by certain judges in England.
c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers The judges, […] although they are not of the first magnitude, nor need be of the degree of the coif, yet are they considerable.
Kettenhaube
- a skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law
- the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English coif, coife, coyf, coyfe, coyffe, from Old French coife, coiffe, fromFrom Middle English coif, coife, coyf, coyfe, coyffe, from Old French coife, coiffe, from Late Latin cofia, from Proto-West Germanic *kuffju, related to Old High German kupphia, kupha, kupfe (“mug, hood, cap”), from Proto-Germanic *kuppijǭ (“cap, hat, bonnet, headpiece”), Proto-Germanic *kuppō (“vat, mug, cup”), from pre-Germanic *kubná-, from Proto-Indo-European *gup- (“round object, knoll”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve, arch, vault”). Cognate with Middle High German kupfe (“cap, headgear, helmet”).
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Forms
plural: coifsSynonyms
4 synonyms- the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair):hairdohairstylehair stylecoiffure