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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

  1. A hat.
  2. A cap of maintenance.
  3. The mass of grape solids that floats on the surface during the fermentation of wine.
  4. 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.
  5. A passage of introductory text appearing in a treaty that broadly defines its principles, objectives, and background.

interjection

  1. well done, bravo; a verbal representation of a hat tip Chapeau to you for the presence of mind.

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MLA

"chapeau." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/chapeau. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

chapeau. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/chapeau

Chicago

"chapeau." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/chapeau.

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@misc{chapeau_2026,
  title = {chapeau},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chapeau},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}