as in hat
a covering for the head usually having a shaped crown
with her chapeau cocked jauntily to one side, the French actress was the very picture of Gallic insouciance
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The cow costume accessorized with steak shoes and a shank chapeau blew minds at the time and continues to be one of her most iconic looks.
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 20 Feb. 2025
Rodrigues handcrafts all types of chapeaus, including fedoras and cowboy hats.
—Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2025
The chapeau featured a lighter green tone and included a pheasant-style feather with shades of brown, green and red.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 26 Dec. 2024
Last year, meanwhile, Rosamund Pike shined in her black lace Dior number (with an extravagant chapeau to boot!), while Elle Fanning looked elegant in vintage Balmain, and Margot Robbie was plastic-fantastic in her Barbie-pink Armani gown.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 20 Feb. 2025
Rodrigues handcrafts all types of chapeaus, including fedoras and cowboy hats.
—Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2025
The chapeau featured a lighter green tone and included a pheasant-style feather with shades of brown, green and red.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 26 Dec. 2024
Last year, meanwhile, Rosamund Pike shined in her black lace Dior number (with an extravagant chapeau to boot!), while Elle Fanning looked elegant in vintage Balmain, and Margot Robbie was plastic-fantastic in her Barbie-pink Armani gown.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chapeau
Noun
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Tailored suits, colorful dresses, crisp sneakers, and stylish hats were all in rotation.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
19 May 2025
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The hat was custom-made to match Princess Diana’s Belville Sassoon peach pink colored skirt suits.—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
19 May 2025
Noun
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Del Toro, casually dressed in a puffer jacket and a cap, says with a puzzled expression conveying his genuine shock at a Beverly Hills hotel.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
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With a market cap of over $322 billion, Ethereum became the world’s 39th largest asset, in the good company of firms like Coca-Cola and Alibaba’s stocks.—
Lawrence Wintermeyer,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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“Chapeau.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chapeau. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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