crépu
See also: crepu
French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French cresp + -u; ultimately from Latin crispus (“curly; crimped”) (→ crêpe).
Pronunciation edit
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Adjective edit
crépu (feminine crépue, masculine plural crépus, feminine plural crépues)
- frizzy, fuzzy
- 2016, Gaël Faye, Petit Pays [Small Country]:
- Rosalie avait des cheveux crépus, gris-blanc, qui dressait comme une toque au-dessus de son crâne.
- Rosalie had frizzy greyish-black hair, which stood up like a judge's wig on top of her skull.
- kinky (for hair)
Further reading edit
- “crépu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.