EuroLex/F/Coiffure


 * Original language: French
 * Original form and meaning: coiffure - 1. hairstyle, 2. headdress

(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)

Annotations
Etymology: from coiffer "to dress hair", from OF coife, originally "inner part of the helmet".

Source: http://www.etymonline.com

Information on Other Languages
Czech: účes

Danish also: frisure

Dutch: kapsel

Estonian: soeng

Finnish: kampaus

Hungarian: frizura

Italian: acconciatura

Latvian: frizūra

Lituanian: šukuosena

Norwegian: frisyre

Polish: fryzura

Portuguese: penteado

Slovak: účes

Slovenian: pričeska

Spanish: peinado

Swedish also: frisyr, håruppsättning

All roots starting with fris-, friz-, fryz- also derived from F. The root is the F verb friser (to curl, to frizz).