pompadour

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(pŏm'pə-dôr', -dōr') pronunciation
n.
  1. A woman's hairstyle formed by sweeping the hair straight up from the forehead into a high, turned-back roll.
  2. A man's hairstyle with the hair brushed up from the forehead.

[After the Marquise de POMPADOUR.]


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For a list of words related to pompadour, see:
  • Hair Styles - pompadour: hair fluffed and elevated at forehead


Pompadour (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃.pa.duːʁ]) can refer to:

  • Arnac-Pompadour, a commune of the Corrèze département of France, former marquisate, famous for its Château and its National Stud
  • Madame de Pompadour, Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour, a well-known courtesan and the famous mistress of King Louis XV

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Pompadour

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - pompadour, højt opsat frisure
v. tr. - sætte håret højt op

Nederlands (Dutch)
hoog opgemaakt haar, stijl van omstreeks Lodewijk XV, gebloemde stof

Français (French)
n. - coiffure à la Pompadour
v. tr. - coiffer à la Pompadour

Deutsch (German)
n. - Pompadour (weibliche Frisur)
v. - sich eine Pompadour machen lassen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μπουμπάρι, κότσος

Italiano (Italian)
pompadour

Português (Portuguese)
n. - estilo de penteado (m)

Русский (Russian)
пышный начес

Español (Spanish)
n. - copete (estilo de peinado)
v. tr. - peinar al estilo Pompadour

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - pompadourfrisyr

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
束发之一种, 淡红色, 往后梳的发型, 将头发往后梳

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 束發之一種, 淡紅色, 往後梳的髮型
v. tr. - 將頭髮往後梳

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 여자 머리형의 일종, 깃을 낮고 모나게 자른 여성용 웃옷
v. tr. - 폼파르도식으로 머리를 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ローズピンク, ポンパドール, ポンパドゥール夫人
adj. - ポンパドゥール夫人の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تسريحه بومبادور : تسريحه للسيدات يرفع فيها الشعر عاليا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תסרוקת נשים גבוהה (ע"ש אהובת לואי ה-51)‬
v. tr. - ‮סידר (את השיער) בסגנון זה‬


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Élysée (structure, France)
Madame Pompadour (1927 Drama Film)