huppé
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From huppe (“crest; hoopoe”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /y.pe/
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Adjective[edit]
huppé (feminine huppée, masculine plural huppés, feminine plural huppées)
- (ornithology) crested
- (figurative, colloquial) upper-crust, posh
- 1994, “Zig Zag de l'aisé”, in Obsolète, performed by MC Solaar:
- Dans ma cité des gens huppés / Ont voulu nous dupé / Avec le C.I.P. / J’ai vu leur R.I.P.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “huppé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.