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- [tohk]
- /toʊk/
- /təʊk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [tohk]
- /toʊk/
Definitions of toque word
- noun toque a brimless and close-fitting hat for women, in any of several shapes. 1
- noun toque a velvet hat with a narrow, sometimes turned-up brim, a full crown, and usually a plume, worn by men and women especially in 16th-century France. 1
- abbreviation TOQUE tuque. 1
- noun toque close-fitting hat 1
- noun toque chef's hat 1
- noun toque a woman's small round brimless hat, popular esp in Edwardian times 0
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Origin of toque
First appearance:
before 1495 One of the 26% oldest English words
1495-1505; < French; replacing earlier toock, towk (< Portuguese touca coif), tock, tocque (< Italian tocca cap), toke (< Spanish toca headdress); ulterior origin obscure
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Parts of speech for Toque
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preposition
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toque popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
toque usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for toque
noun toque
- bandore — a 16th-century plucked musical instrument resembling a lute but larger and fitted with seven pairs of metal strings
- biretta — a stiff clerical cap having either three or four upright pieces projecting outwards from the centre to the edge: coloured black for priests, purple for bishops, red for cardinals, and white for certain members of religious orders
- busby — a tall fur helmet with a bag hanging from the top to the right side, worn by certain soldiers, usually hussars, as in the British Army
- headdress — a covering or decoration for the head: a tribal headdress of feathers.
- miter — the official headdress of a bishop in the Western Church, in its modern form a tall cap with a top deeply cleft crosswise, the outline of the front and back resembling that of a pointed arch.
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