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It is a loan word from the French tuque (15th century), presumably by the way of the Spanish toca 'woman's headdress', from Arabic *taqa طاقة, itself from Old Persian taq 'veil, shawl'. [3] The word toque in Breton means 'hat'. The spelling with que is Middle Breton, and the Modern Breton spelling is tok. Old Breton spells the word toc.
In American English, this type of hat is known as a beanie or a watch cap, while in Canadian English, a knit cap is known as a toque, or tuque (pronounced / t uː k /). Construction [ edit ]
Tuque: In Canada, a knitted hat, worn in winter, usually made from wool or acrylic. Also known as a woolly hat, ski cap, knit hat, knit cap, sock cap, stocking cap, or watch cap. Sometimes called a toboggan or goobalini in parts of the USA.
A tuque (toque) is a type of knit cap. Tuque may also refer to: Tuque Creek, Warren County, Missouri, USA; a creek; La Tuque, Quebec, Canada (French: The Tuque); a city in Mauricie on the Saint-Maurice River; El Tuque, Ponce, Puerto Rico (Spanish: The Tuque); a beach; Tuque Games, a Canadian videogame developer
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the etymology is uncertain, but probably derives from the slang term "bean", meaning "head".In New Zealand and Australia, the term "beanie" is normally applied to a knit cap known as a toque in Canada and parts of the US, but also may apply to the kind of skull cap historically worn by surf lifesavers [1] and still worn during surf sports. [2]
A toque is any of a variety of hats.. Toque may also refer to: . La Tuque, Quebec, a Canadian city; Toques, Spain, Spanish municipality; Flamenco guitar playing; Toque, a ceremony or polyrhythmic composition using the Batá drum
The tuque is decended from the toque, a fashionable sixteenth century women's hat worn in France and generally made of velvet.The French-Canadian Voyageurs borrowed the term and applied it to the somewhat similar knit hats that were a necessity for warmth.
the plural form of touque, a regional variation of tuque/toque (a knitted hat, usually made of wool). See also. All pages with titles beginning with Touques; All ...