coiffure
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++coif·fure /kwɑːˈfjʊə $ -ˈfjʊr/ noun [countable] formalDCB the way someone’s hair is arranged 发型，发式 SYN hairstyle —coiffured, coiffed /kwɑːft/ adjective
Examples from the Corpus
coiffure• Passing by pedestrians in their Sunday best, I caught wafts of perfume and coiffure.• She'd arrived in the sidecar of Miss Brahms's current beau and her coiffure had suffered terrible punishment as a result.• Jasper had not called his hair his coiffure.• Now Jezrael saw that Zulei had taken a short blade from the coiffure.• Spectacular real furs and overworked multi-tone coiffures survive in profusion.• This masculinity was emphasised by her uncompromising coiffure, her grey hair drawn tightly back and screwed into a straggling bun.Origin coiffure (1600-1700) French coiffer “to arrange hair”, from coife type of hat, from Late Latin cofeacoif·fure nounChineseSyllable
Corpus arranged the way is someone’s hair
coiffure
coif‧fure /kwɑːˈfjʊə $ -ˈfjʊr/
noun [countable]
SYN hairstyle
—coiffured,
— coiffed /kwɑːft/ adjective
coif‧fure /kwɑːˈfjʊə $ -ˈfjʊr/
noun [countable] Date: 1600-1700
Language: French
Origin: coiffer 'to arrange hair', from coife type of hat, from Late Latin cofea
formal the way someone’s hair is arranged Language: French
Origin: coiffer 'to arrange hair', from coife type of hat, from Late Latin cofea
SYN hairstyle
—coiffured,
— coiffed /kwɑːft/ adjective