coif
English edit
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Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /kwɑf/, /kɔɪf/
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Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English coif, coife, coyf, coyfe, coyffe, from Old French coife, coiffe, from Late Latin cofia, from Proto-West Germanic *kuffju, related to Old High German kupphia, kupha, kupfe (“mug, hood, cap”), from Proto-Germanic *kuppijǭ (“cap, hat, bonnet, headpiece”), Proto-Germanic *kuppō (“vat, mug, cup”), from pre-Germanic *kubná-, from Proto-Indo-European *gup- (“round object, knoll”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve, arch, vault”). Cognate with Middle High German kupfe (“cap, headgear, helmet”).
Noun edit
coif (plural coifs)
- A hairdo.
- (historical) A hood; a close-fitting cap covering much of the head, widespread until the 18th century; after that worn only by small children and country women.
- (historical) A similar item of chain mail headgear covering the head.
- An official headdress, such as that worn by certain judges in England.
- 1744, Henry Brooke, The Temple of Hymen:
- From point and saucy ermine down / To the plain coif and russet gown.
- c. 1620, Francis Bacon, letter of advice to Sir George Villiers
- The judges, […] although they are not of the first magnitude, nor need be of the degree of the coif, yet are they considerable.
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Etymology 2 edit
From Middle English coifen, from Old French coifier, from the noun (see above).
Verb edit
coif (third-person singular simple present coifs, present participle coiffing or coifing, simple past and past participle coiffed or coifed)
- (transitive) To style or arrange hair.
- 1925, Ezra Pound, Canto I:
- Circe’s this craft, the trim-coifed goddess.
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Etymology edit
Inherited from Late Latin cofia, from Proto-West Germanic *kuffju. Compare French coiffe.
Noun edit
coif n (plural coifuri)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) coif | coiful | (niște) coifuri | coifurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) coif | coifului | (unor) coifuri | coifurilor |
vocative | coifule | coifurilor |