coiffeur

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UK/kwɑˈfəː/US/kwɑˈfɚ/

noun

A male hairdresser.

OriginFrench coiffeur ← Old French coife ← Late Latin cofia →
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Meanings

nouncoiffeur (plural coiffeurs)

plural coiffeurs

  1. A male hairdresser.
verbcoiffeur (third-person singular simple present coiffeurs, present participle coiffeuring, simple past and past participle coiffeured)

present singular third person coiffeurs · participle present coiffeuring · participle past coiffeured · past coiffeured

  1. To cut or style hair

Origin

  1. Late Latincofia“cap”
  2. Old Frenchcoife
  3. Frenchcoiffeur
  4. Englishcoiffeur

Borrowed from French coiffeur, from coiffer, from Old French coife, from Late Latin cofia (“cap”).

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APA

coiffeur. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coiffeur

MLA

“coiffeur.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coiffeur. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coiffeur,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coiffeur.

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