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chapeau
- /ʃæˈpəʊ/ UK
- /ʃæˈpoʊ/ US
Rhymes with -əʊ
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French chappeau. The interjection is after Modern French chapeau in similar use, originally short for chapeau bas.
noun chapeaus · chapeaux
- A hat.
- A cap of maintenance.
- The mass of grape solids that floats on the surface during the fermentation of wine.
- The text at the start of a numbered section of a legal document that appears directly beside the section number, ahead of any numbered subsections.
- A passage of introductory text appearing in a treaty that broadly defines its principles, objectives, and background.
interjection
- well done, bravo; a verbal representation of a hat tip Chapeau to you for the presence of mind.
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Talk about this word "chapeau." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/chapeau. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. chapeau. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/chapeau "chapeau." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/chapeau.Cite this
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title = {chapeau},
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