Get to know Pompadour better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like coif or coiffure.
Pompadour meaning
- A women's hairstyle in which the hair is swept upwards from the face and worn high over the forehead.
- A men's hairstyle of the 1950s.
- A crimson or pink colour.
Synonyms of Pompadour
Using Pompadour
- The main meaning on this page is: A women's hairstyle in which the hair is swept upwards from the face and worn high over the forehead. | A men's hairstyle of the 1950s. | A crimson or pink colour.
- Useful related words include: marquise de pompdour, coif, coiffure, hair style.
- In the example corpus, pompadour often appears in combinations such as: de pompadour, pompadour and, pompadour 's.
Context around Pompadour
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pompadour
- In this selection, "pompadour" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, named, enslaved, high, shiny, piled and thinning stand out and add context to how "pompadour" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include also enslaved pompadour s wife and and a pompadour. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pompadour" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pompadour
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
My father with his pompadour and double-breasted suit, taking a puff. (12 words)
Gore Grind; it's like horror elvis with eviscera and a pompadour. (12 words)
His biceps are decorated in ink, his sideburns white, his golden pompadour thinning. (13 words)
The Adoration of the Shepherds (Metropolitan Museum of Art), a free and painterly sketch in gouache, was long considered a preparatory sketch for Madame de Pompadour’s private altarpiece La lumière du monde (ca. 1750, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon). (40 words)
There was taken the lord of Pompadour and the lord Bartholomew de Burghersh, and there was slain sir Geoffrey of Charny with the king's banner in his hands: also the lord Raynold Cobham slew the earl of Dammartin. (39 words)
Shortal is one of the Twin Cities’ more identifiable media personalities, immediately recognizable for her short haircut that sometimes blossoms into a pompadour, and taste in blue jeans and blazers, sometimes coupled with a bolo tie. (36 words)
Example sentences (17)
He had a free Black man named Pompadour in his employ, but also enslaved Pompadour's wife, Peggy, and their three children, Amy, Jupiter and Milly.
My father with his pompadour and double-breasted suit, taking a puff.
None of them could match Little Richard’s stage persona however—High pompadour, shiny suits, mascara and makeup and his hoarse, urgent delivery.
Down in the front row, there’s an inmate with a chiseled face and dark pompadour piled high, sucking on a Pall Mall.
Gore Grind; it's like horror elvis with eviscera and a pompadour.
His biceps are decorated in ink, his sideburns white, his golden pompadour thinning.
Shortal is one of the Twin Cities’ more identifiable media personalities, immediately recognizable for her short haircut that sometimes blossoms into a pompadour, and taste in blue jeans and blazers, sometimes coupled with a bolo tie.
Boucher was Mme. de Pompadour's favorite artist and was commissioned by her for numerous paintings and decorations.
He executed important works for both the Queen of France and Mme. de Pompadour, Louis XV's mistress, who was considered the most powerful woman in France at the time.
It is derived from Madame de Pompadour 's après nous, le déluge, "after us, the deluge".
Madame de Pompadour, however, was his confidant and friend, and in his heart he truly loved her and only her.
Nave, p 130 From later periods, highlights include Madame de Pompadour 's Sèvres vase collection and Napoleon III 's apartments.
Soon there were libels published called poissonnades, a pun on Pompadour's family name, Poisson, which means "fish" in French.
The Adoration of the Shepherds (Metropolitan Museum of Art), a free and painterly sketch in gouache, was long considered a preparatory sketch for Madame de Pompadour’s private altarpiece La lumière du monde (ca. 1750, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon).
The Marquise de Pompadour was officially settled on the third floor (second storey) of the Palace of Versailles in small but comfortable apartments that can still be visited today.
The parti philosophique was supported by the Marquise de Pompadour, who acted as a sort of minister without portfolio from the time she became royal mistress in 1745 until her death in 1764.
There was taken the lord of Pompadour and the lord Bartholomew de Burghersh, and there was slain sir Geoffrey of Charny with the king's banner in his hands: also the lord Raynold Cobham slew the earl of Dammartin.
Common combinations with pompadour
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- de pompadour 7×
- pompadour and 3×
- pompadour 's 2×