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Is chapeau a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word chapeau is a Scrabble US word. The word chapeau is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

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Is chapeau a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word chapeau is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

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7-letter words (1 found)

CHAPEAU,

6-letter words (1 found)

APACHE,

5-letter words (6 found)

AHEAP,APACE,CHAPE,CHEAP,PACHA,PEACH,

4-letter words (16 found)

ACHE,CAPA,CAPE,CAPH,CAUP,CHAP,EACH,EPHA,HAPU,HEAP,PACA,PACE,PAUA,PECH,PUCE,PUHA,

3-letter words (28 found)

AAH,ACE,ACH,AHA,APE,AUA,AUE,CAA,CAP,CEP,CHA,CHE,CUE,CUP,EAU,ECH,ECU,HAE,HAP,HEP,HUE,HUP,PAC,PAH,PEA,PEC,PEH,PUH,

2-letter words (12 found)

AA,AE,AH,CH,EA,EH,HA,HE,PA,PE,UH,UP,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 65 words from chapeau according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of chapeau

chapeau

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French chappeau. The interjection is after Modern French chapeau in similar use, originally short for chapeau bas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃæˈpoʊ/
  • Rhymes: -oʊ

Noun

chapeau (plural chapeaus or chapeaux)

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

Derived terms

  • chapeaued

Related terms

  • chapeau-bras
  • chapeaugraphy

Interjection

chapeau

  1. well done, a verbal representation of a hat tip

References

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French chapeau.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaːˈpoː/
  • Hyphenation: cha‧peau
  • Rhymes: -oː

Interjection

chapeau

  1. Used to express appreciation.
    Synonym: petje af

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French chappeau, from Old French chapel, from Early Medieval Latin cappellus, diminutive from Late Latin cappa. The interjection was originally short for chapeau bas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃa.po/
  • Rhymes: -o

Noun

chapeau m (plural chapeaux)

  1. hat
  2. (law) introductory text
  3. (printing) lead of an article
  4. cap (of a mushroom)

Derived terms

Related terms

  • chape

Descendants

Interjection

chapeau

  1. Used to express appreciation.
    Synonym: chapeau bas

Derived terms

  • chapelier

Descendants

Further reading

  • “chapeau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French chapeau.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃaˈpo/ [t͡ʃaˈpo]
  • Rhymes: -o

Interjection

chapeau

  1. Alternative form of chapó

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

  • “chapeau”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org