topee
/ˈtəʊ.pi/
topee noun: a pith helmet.
Noun
topee (plural topees)
- A pith helmet.
- I lent my topee to Camarião, who looked extremely odd in it.1933, Peter Fleming, Brazilian Adventure: A Quest Into the Heart of the Amazon, published 2011, page 203
- There were a few people on the platform, among them two Indian police, and a station oflicial with a white topee.1968, Paul Scott, “The Day of the Scorpion”, in The Raj Quartet, volume 2, published 1998, page 444
- Synonyms:
- sola topee, solar topee
topee meaning in Tamil and Malayalam
topee in Tamil
- தொப்பி
topee in Malayalam
- തൊപ്പി
Synonyms of topee
Forms of topee
| plural | topees |
|---|---|
| alternative form | topi |
Origin of topee
From Hindi टोपी (ṭopī)/Urdu ٹوپی (ṭōpī).
Phrases with topee
Questions about topee
- What does topee mean?
- Topee means a pith helmet.
- What is topee in Tamil?
- Topee in Tamil is தொப்பி. See Topee meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is topee?
- Topee is a noun.
- How do you pronounce topee?
- Topee is pronounced /ˈtəʊ.pi/.
- What is the plural of topee?
- The plural of topee is topees.
Words near topee in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: topee (page history and authors); topee (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); topee (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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