toque
See also: toqué
English
Etymology 1
From Middle French toque (“toque”), from Arabic طَاقِيَّة (ṭāqiyya).
Alternative forms
- touque
Pronunciation
Noun
toque (plural toques)
- A type of hat with no brim.
- 1903—Janet Elder Rait, Alison Howard, Archibald Constable & Co., page 273,
- "Because Esmé said she was going out this afternoon to choose a new toque, and she hoped I should like it, and I’m not quite sure what it is, or where she'll wear it. Do you mind explaining?"
- "Not at all. A toque is that which if it had strings would be a bonnet, and if it had brim, would be a hat. It is worn on the head."
- "Thanks, now I know where I am," said the vicar of St. Machars, with a sigh of relief.
- 1932—Vyvyan Holland, translator, The Strange River by Julien Green, Harper & Brothers, page 180,
- She drank a glass of wine mixed with water, took off her felt toque and her shoes, and slid beneath the red eiderdown.
- 1957—Samuel Beckett, "Endgame",
- In a dressing-gown, a stiff toque on his head, a large blood-stained handkerchief over his face, a whistle hanging from his neck, a rug over his knees, thick socks on his feet, Hamm seems to be asleep.
- 1903—Janet Elder Rait, Alison Howard, Archibald Constable & Co., page 273,
- (specifically) A tall white hat with no brim of the sort worn by chefs
- 1999—Michael Ruhlman, The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute of America, Owl Books, →ISBN, page 154,
- Chef Felder was in her early forties, slender, with short wavy brown hair, almost all of which could be contained within her toque.
- 2000—Jerrilyn Farmer, Killer Wedding, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 103,
- When I came to the back of a man's head, wearing a toque, I knew I'd spotted my quarry.
- "Chef Reynoso?"
- 2004—Laura Levine, Killer Blonde, Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 114,
- Minutes later, a red-faced man in a chef's toque approached our table.
- 1999—Michael Ruhlman, The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute of America, Owl Books, →ISBN, page 154,
- (by extension, informal) A chef.
- 2007—October, Nicole Berrie, "Green Eggs and Sam", in Elle, page 360,
- Sam Mason first grabbed the spotlight as the pastry chef ... for being the most rock 'n' roll toque in town.
- 2007—October, Nicole Berrie, "Green Eggs and Sam", in Elle, page 360,
- A variety of bonnet monkey; toque macaque, Macaca sinica.
- (historical) An African nominal money of account, equal to 40 cowries.
Translations
rimless hat
tall white hat worn by chefs
chef — see chef
Macaca sinica
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Etymology 2
1871. Assimilated from Canadian French tuque. Likely to be an hypercorrection from the time that toque was already in the dictionaries when they didn't yet list tuque as a kind of hat. French word tuque for hat is itself not strictly a deformation of French toque : it is also related to other meanings of tuque and to its former name bonnet à la turque (lit. Turkish-style bunnet/cap).
Alternative forms
- tuque (Canada)
Pronunciation
- (Canada) IPA(key): /tuːk/, /tjuːk/
Noun
toque (plural toques)
- (Canada) A knitted hat, usually conical but of varying shape, often woollen, and sometimes topped by a pom-pom or tassel.
- 1998, Douglas Coupland, Girlfriend in a Coma, ch 1:
- Such is the demented nature of the universe that I was too weak to properly respond to my being hit on by carloads of Betties and Veronicas—all except for the cheeky Cheryl Anderson who gave me ‘manual release’ the day I lost my eye-brows, followed by a flood of tears and the snapping of Polaroids in which I wear a knit toque. Gush gush.
- Synonyms: beanie, knit cap, stocking cap, watch cap
- 1998, Douglas Coupland, Girlfriend in a Coma, ch 1:
Translations
knitted hat — see beanie
See also
- winter hat
- winter toque
- wool hat
References
- “toque” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
- “tuque” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
- “toque” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “tuque” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “toque” in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
- “tuque” in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.
Noun
toque (countable and uncountable, plural toques)
Asturian
French
Etymology
From Middle French toque (“toque”), from Arabic طَاقِيَّة (ṭāqiyya).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔk/
audio (file)
Noun 1
toque f (plural toques)
References
- Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
Further reading
- “toque” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Portuguese
Etymology
From tocar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɔkə/
- Hyphenation: to‧que
Noun
toque m (plural toques)
Derived terms
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtoke/, [ˈt̪oke]
Derived terms
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