Home › Words › C › chapeauchapeau/ʃæˈpəʊ/chapeau means well done, bravo a verbal representation of a hat tip.chapeau is pronounced /ʃæˈpəʊ/.EtymologyBorrowed from Middle French chappeau. The interjection is after Modern French chapeau in similar use, originally short for chapeau bas.intjwell done, bravo a verbal representation of a hat tipe.g.“Chapeau to you for the presence of mind.” — 2012, Kfir Luzzatto, The Evelyn Project, PINE TEN, LLC, →ISBN:nounA hat.A cap of maintenance.The mass of grape solids that floats on the surface during the fermentation of wine.The text at the start of a numbered section of a legal document that appears directly beside the section number, ahead of any numbered subsections.A passage of introductory text appearing in a treaty that broadly defines its principles, objectives, and background.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.chapeaued 84% match — Wearing a chapeau. vs chapeau →chapeaugraphy 62% match — A style of performance art in which the performer manipulates a piece of fabric into the shapes of various hats. vs chapeau →casque 61% match — A helmet. vs chapeau →ballcap 61% match — A baseball cap. vs chapeau →chape 61% match — The lower metallic cap at the end of a sword's scabbard. vs chapeau →chapka 60% match — A type of hat worn by 19th-century Polish cavalry (and later some Napoleonic troops), consisting of a high, four-pointed cap with regimental insignia on the front, and now associated with Polish independence and nationalism. vs chapeau →behatted 59% match — Wearing a hat. vs chapeau →cornercap 59% match — A priest's or academic's hat. vs chapeau →