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tignon

tignon noun: an article of woman's headgear consisting of a piece of material tied in individual ways.

Noun

tignon (plural tignons)

  1. An article of woman's headgear consisting of a piece of material tied in individual ways.

Forms of tignon

pluraltignons

Origin of tignon

From French tignon, obsolete synonym of chignon and cognate with tignasse, teigne.

Questions about tignon

What does tignon mean?
Tignon means an article of woman's headgear consisting of a piece of material tied in individual ways.
What part of speech is tignon?
Tignon is a noun.
What is the plural of tignon?
The plural of tignon is tignons.

Words near tignon in the dictionary

  1. Tigner
  2. Tigners
  3. Tignish
  4. Tignish Shore
  5. Tignoan
  6. tignon
  7. tignons
  8. Tignor
  9. Tignors
  10. tigogenin
  11. tigon

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