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noun
A type of hat with no brim.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A tall white hat with no brim of the sort worn by chefs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: specifically
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noun
A chef.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, informal
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noun
A variety of bonnet monkey; toque macaque, Macaca sinica.
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noun
An African nominal money of account, equal to 40 cowries.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
A knitted hat, usually conical but of varying shape, often woollen, and sometimes topped by a pom-pom or tassel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada
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Synonyms: beanie, knit cap, stocking cap, watch cap
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noun
A rhythm used in Latin music, especially Cuban religious rituals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
The guitar part of flamenco music.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
a small round woman's hat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pillbox, turban
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Broader terms: millinery, woman's hat
noun
a tall white hat with a pouched crown; worn by chefs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: hat, chapeau, lid
History
From Middle French toque (“toque”), from Arabic طَاقِيَّة (ṭāqiyya).
1871. Assimilated from Canadian French tuque. Likely to be a hypercorrection from the time that toque was already in the dictionaries when they did not yet list tuque as a kind of hat. The French word tuque for hat is itself not strictly a deformation of French toque: it is also related to other meanings of tuque and to its former name bonnet à la turque (literally “Turkish-style bunnet/cap”).
Etymology tree Spanish tocardeverb. Spanish toquebor. English toque Borrowed from Spanish toque.
Across languages
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
