chapeau

Borrowed from French chapeau.

• IPA^(key): /ʃæˈpoʊ/

chapeau (plural chapeaus or chapeaux)

1. A hat.
2. (heraldry) A cap of maintenance.
3. The mass of grape solids that floats on the surface during the fermentation of wine.
4. In international law, introductory text appearing in a treaty that broadly defines its principles, objectives, and background.

From French chapeau.

• Hyphenation: cha‧peau

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chapeau

1. Used to express appreciation.

From Middle French chappeau, from Old French chapel, from Vulgar Latin *cappellus, diminutive of Late Latin cappa. Compare Italian cappello, Spanish capillo, Catalan capell, Occitan capèl, Portuguese capelo.

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• Rhymes: -o

chapeau m (plural chapeaux)

1. hat
2. (law) introductory text
3. (printing) lead of an article
4. cap (of a mushroom)

• chape

chapeau

1. Used to express appreciation.

   Chapeau, monsieur.

   Synonym: chapeau bas

• chapelier

• “chapeau” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

chapeau

1. Misspelling of chapó.