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tuque

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Canada/tuːk/

tuque noun: a knit cap, often woollen but of varying shape, usually conical and topped by a pom-pom. Also the alternative form of toque.

Noun

tuque (plural tuques)

  1. (Canada) a knit cap, often woollen but of varying shape, usually conical and topped by a pom-pom.

Proper noun capitalized: Tuque

Tuque

  1. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of La Tuque.
  2. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of El Tuque.

Also used as

tuque is also the alternative form of toque.

Forms of tuque

pluraltuques

Origin of tuque

Borrowed from Canadian French tuque.

Words that rhyme with tuque

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Questions about tuque

What does tuque mean?
Tuque means a knit cap, often woollen but of varying shape, usually conical and topped by a pom-pom.
What part of speech is tuque?
Tuque can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce tuque?
Tuque is pronounced /tuːk/ (Canada).
What is the plural of tuque?
The plural of tuque is tuques.

Words near tuque in the dictionary

  1. tupuxuarid
  2. tupuxuarids
  3. Tupy
  4. Tupys
  5. Tuqidian
  6. tuque
  7. tuques
  8. tur
  9. Tura Beach
  10. tura-lura
  11. tura-luras

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