Pompadour

Pompadour

Pompadour can refer to:
* Arnac-Pompadour, a commune of the Corrèze "département" of France, former marquisate, famous for its Château and its National Stud

* Madame de Pompadour, Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour, a well-known courtesan and the famous mistress of King Louis XV

* Pompadour (hairstyle), a combed hairstyle that takes its name from Madame de Pompadour


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  • pompadour — ● pompadour nom masculin Synonyme de calycanthe ● pompadour (synonymes) nom masculin Synonymes : calycanthe Pompadour (Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, marquise de) (1721 1764) maîtresse de Louis XV de 1745 à 1750. Elle protégea les arts et les lettres …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Pompadour — bezeichnet: Pompadour (Handtasche), Handtasche Arnac Pompadour, Kommune im frz. Département Corrèze, ehemalige Grafschaft (Marquisate) Madame de Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour, Mätresse von Ludwig XV. Pompadour… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • pompadour — adj.n. Stil pompadour = stil de mobilier, de decoraţie interioară de la sfârşitul domniei lui Ludovic al XV lea, caracterizat prin linii curbe, ondulate. [pron. dúr. / < fr. pompadour, cf. madame de Pompadour – favorita regelui Ludovic al XV… …   Dicționar Român

  • Pompadour —    Pompadour is a style of dressing the hair in which the hair is brushed straight up from the forehead and pulled back over a pad. Whence cometh this name? Anyone familiar with French history would associate this hair style with Madame de… …   Dictionary of eponyms

  • Pompadour — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Porter Wagoner era famoso por el estilo pompadour de su pelo. Pompadour es un tipo de peinado el cual juega con el cabello medianamente largo, peinando este hacia atrás dejando algo similar a un copo de helado en la… …   Wikipedia Español

  • pompadour — (n.) 1887 as a men s hairstyle; 1899 as a woman s style with the hair swept up over the forehead, in recognition of Jeanne Antionette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour (1721 1764), mistress of Louis XV from 1745 50, who wore her hair in an upswept… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Pompadour — Pom pa*dour, n. A crimson or pink color; also, a style of dress cut low and square in the neck; also, a mode of dressing the hair by drawing it straight back from the forehead over a roll; so called after the Marchioness de Pompadour of France.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pompadour — [päm′pə dôr΄] n. [after POMPADOUR Marquise de] 1. a woman s hairdo in which the hair is swept up high from the forehead, usually over a roll ☆ 2. a man s hairdo in which the hair is brushed up high from the forehead …   English World dictionary

  • Pompadour [1] — Pompadour (spr. Pongpadur), Marktflecken im Arrondissement Brives des französischen Departements Corrèze; Schloß, mit großem Gestüte u. anderen landwirthschaftlichen Anstalten; 1200 Ew …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Pompadour [2] — Pompadour (spr. Pongpadur), Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Frau von Lenormand d Estioles, später Marquise von P., geb. 1722, Tochter eines Pachters in La Ferté sous Jouberre. Ihr Vater mußte Unterschleifs halber die Flucht ergreifen, u. ihre galante… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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