topete
Appearance
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese topete (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Old French toupet (“tuft of hair on the top of the head”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (“summit, crest”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]topete m (plural topetes)
- tuft of hair on the top of the head; quiff
- eaves
- cornice, ledge
- stone that tops a wall or building
- Synonym: penal
- extreme of a thread
- tongue of a shoe
References
[edit]- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “topete”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “topete”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “topete”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “topete”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “topete”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “copa”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
Noun
[edit]topete m (plural topetes)
- quiff (hairstyle whereby the forelock is brushed and/or gelled upward)
- forelock (the part of a horse's (or similar animal's) mane that lies on its forehead)
- (figurative) arrogant pride
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “topete”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]topete
- inflection of topetar:
Categories:
- Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Galician terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese
- Galician terms borrowed from Old French
- Galician terms derived from Old French
- Galician terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Galician terms with IPA pronunciation
- Galician lemmas
- Galician nouns
- Galician countable nouns
- Galician masculine nouns
- gl:Hair
- Portuguese terms borrowed from French
- Portuguese terms derived from French
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Hair
- Spanish non-lemma forms
- Spanish verb forms