huppé

See also: huppe and hüppe

French

Etymology

From huppe (“crest; hoopoe”).

Pronunciation

^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /y.pe/

Adjective

huppé (feminine singular huppée, masculine plural huppés, feminine plural huppées)

(ornithology) crested
(figuratively, colloquial) upper-crust, posh

Further reading

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

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