huppé
French edit
Etymology edit
From huppe (“crest; hoopoe”).
Pronunciation edit
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /y.pe/
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Adjective edit
huppé (feminine huppée, masculine plural huppés, feminine plural huppées)
- (ornithology) crested
- (figurative, colloquial) upper-crust, posh
- 1994, “Zig Zag de l'aisé”, in Obsolète, performed by MC Solaar:
- Dans ma cité des gens huppés / Ont voulu nous dupé / Avec le C.I.P. / J’ai vu leur R.I.P.
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Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “huppé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.