Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Relever les cheveux
English translation:
to put one's hair up
Added to glossary by
Ghyslaine LE NAGARD
Feb 15, 2005 02:01
19 yrs ago
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French term
Relever les cheveux
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It seems that we all know the meaning of "relever les cheveux."
In every case ever examined, it has the meaning of awoman wearing "her hair up." The hair on the back of her head (if it is long enough) is pulled up toward the back of her upper head or the center of it with some sort of fastener.
My question is to know if "relever les cheveux" can be used to mean that the hair is raised on the head as in "en l'air" or à la verticale". In honesty, I've never seen it used in that context. Can you "relever un cheveu/poil?"
faire dresser (mainly used in fixed expression, mettre en l'air, hérisser, mettre à la verticale, etc...???
In the context of "to stick up my hair in the front" for the latest in men's hairstyles."
Comment expliquer alors la coiffure masculine dite "le quasi-mohawk" qui est présentement très en vogue pour jeunes hommes dans les zones urbaines?
It seems so simple, but a rather complex translation query it is. Sometimes, what appears as the simplest of translation tasks ends up in a most pleasant headache.
Take care everyone
It seems that we all know the meaning of "relever les cheveux."
In every case ever examined, it has the meaning of awoman wearing "her hair up." The hair on the back of her head (if it is long enough) is pulled up toward the back of her upper head or the center of it with some sort of fastener.
My question is to know if "relever les cheveux" can be used to mean that the hair is raised on the head as in "en l'air" or à la verticale". In honesty, I've never seen it used in that context. Can you "relever un cheveu/poil?"
faire dresser (mainly used in fixed expression, mettre en l'air, hérisser, mettre à la verticale, etc...???
In the context of "to stick up my hair in the front" for the latest in men's hairstyles."
Comment expliquer alors la coiffure masculine dite "le quasi-mohawk" qui est présentement très en vogue pour jeunes hommes dans les zones urbaines?
It seems so simple, but a rather complex translation query it is. Sometimes, what appears as the simplest of translation tasks ends up in a most pleasant headache.
Take care everyone
Proposed translations
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| 5 +1 | to put one's hair up |
Ghyslaine LE NAGARD
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| 4 +1 | spike the hair |
PB Trans
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| 3 +1 | I would use a metaphor |
sarahl (X)
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| 4 | style your hair so that it sticks up (on top) |
Conor McAuley
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Proposed translations
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to put one's hair up
"relever les cheveux" simply means put one's hair up in any fashion one likes regardless of where on the head or how high up the hair will be placed or the style, or the length of the hair, if one has short hair but uses hair spray the hair will be "relevé" meaning up.
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I would use a metaphor
I don't think I would use relever les cheveux for a bun or any hairstyle for that matter.
For your mohawk I would say style Iroquois -that's what they call mohawks in France by the way- or compare the hair arrangement to? une balayette ? or whatever comes to mind.
HTH
For your mohawk I would say style Iroquois -that's what they call mohawks in France by the way- or compare the hair arrangement to? une balayette ? or whatever comes to mind.
HTH
+1
2 hrs
spike the hair
spike my hair in the front
Spike This!
-HOW TO SPIKE HAIR- This section will answer all of your questions. how do you do it? First of all, you need to have short hair... I say a five inch maximum... the longer the hair the harder it is to spike and do stuff. ... are going to twist spike or liberty spike your hair, do not use hardly any ...
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Spike Hair Style
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Trends and Fashion at East Pori Middle School
... Boys express themselves with hair by using dyes and bleaches ... make colour statements. Lightening hair seems to be getting slightly ... use gel to spike their hair in the front and ...
www.hogalid.kiruna.se/mirror/frame_poritrends.htm
Buffy The Vampire Slayer mistakes, bloopers and goofs ...
... Spike's hair is platinum blonde, slicked back, and all one length in the back, while
the stunt double's hair is more brassy, spiked in the front, and layered ...
www.moviemistakes.com/tv2907/series2 - 39k
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Note added at 2 hrs 6 mins (2005-02-15 04:08:22 GMT)
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hair spiked at the top, spike my hair at the top
\"All My Little Words\": Boys . . .
... The hair spiked up, sometimes into a quasi-mohawk? ... Hey Nikki Poo,. I have seen the
same quasi.mohawk hair here in Deutschland but I\'m not a big fan. ...
www.deepthought.org/~nlindner/blog/archives/000034.html
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Note added at 2 hrs 10 mins (2005-02-15 04:12:40 GMT)
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hair gelled up (into a quasi-Mohawk)
Fans Of Reality TV - American Idol 2/2: Not Too Many San Francisco ...
... With his obnoxiously-colored clothes and his hair gelled up into a quasi-Mohawk,
he looks more like the love child of Alfalfa from The Little Rascals and Ed ...
www.fansofrealitytv.com/ forums/archive/index.php/t-41241
AskMen.com - Short hair styles
... Style your hair with a quasi-mohawk (really!), by adding pomade to emphasize the
hair in the middle of your head so that it sticks up more than the rest of ...
askmen.com/fashion/trends_60/78_fashion_men.html
Spike This!
-HOW TO SPIKE HAIR- This section will answer all of your questions. how do you do it? First of all, you need to have short hair... I say a five inch maximum... the longer the hair the harder it is to spike and do stuff. ... are going to twist spike or liberty spike your hair, do not use hardly any ...
www.angelfire.com/biz2/punkness7lacy/spikes.html
Spike Hair Style
For the best resources and information on spike hair style - hair-styles-guide.com has the answer ... online source for the best in hair style advice and spike hair style information ... information on various hair styles, haircuts, spike hair style, as well as Hair tips and how ...
www.hair-styles-guide.com/43/spike-hair-style.html
Trends and Fashion at East Pori Middle School
... Boys express themselves with hair by using dyes and bleaches ... make colour statements. Lightening hair seems to be getting slightly ... use gel to spike their hair in the front and ...
www.hogalid.kiruna.se/mirror/frame_poritrends.htm
Buffy The Vampire Slayer mistakes, bloopers and goofs ...
... Spike's hair is platinum blonde, slicked back, and all one length in the back, while
the stunt double's hair is more brassy, spiked in the front, and layered ...
www.moviemistakes.com/tv2907/series2 - 39k
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Note added at 2 hrs 6 mins (2005-02-15 04:08:22 GMT)
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hair spiked at the top, spike my hair at the top
\"All My Little Words\": Boys . . .
... The hair spiked up, sometimes into a quasi-mohawk? ... Hey Nikki Poo,. I have seen the
same quasi.mohawk hair here in Deutschland but I\'m not a big fan. ...
www.deepthought.org/~nlindner/blog/archives/000034.html
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2 hrs 10 mins (2005-02-15 04:12:40 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
hair gelled up (into a quasi-Mohawk)
Fans Of Reality TV - American Idol 2/2: Not Too Many San Francisco ...
... With his obnoxiously-colored clothes and his hair gelled up into a quasi-Mohawk,
he looks more like the love child of Alfalfa from The Little Rascals and Ed ...
www.fansofrealitytv.com/ forums/archive/index.php/t-41241
AskMen.com - Short hair styles
... Style your hair with a quasi-mohawk (really!), by adding pomade to emphasize the
hair in the middle of your head so that it sticks up more than the rest of ...
askmen.com/fashion/trends_60/78_fashion_men.html
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
mportal
: yes, this is the term used by hairdressers (and probably barbers) for making the hair stick up ( - usually not required except on top!)
7 hrs
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8 hrs
Conor McAuley
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style your hair so that it sticks up (on top)
I don't think "wear your hair up" works for men's hairstyles, it's just used for women's hairstyles.
I don't think that there's a way around it, except to use a circumlocution like:
Style your hair with a quasi-mohawk (really!), by adding pomade to emphasize the hair in the middle of your head ***so that it sticks up***
http://www.askmen.com/fashion/trends_60/78_fashion_men.html
I guess we men have yet to invent a full vocabulary to describe our hairstyles!
I don't think that there's a way around it, except to use a circumlocution like:
Style your hair with a quasi-mohawk (really!), by adding pomade to emphasize the hair in the middle of your head ***so that it sticks up***
http://www.askmen.com/fashion/trends_60/78_fashion_men.html
I guess we men have yet to invent a full vocabulary to describe our hairstyles!
Discussion
But again, "relever les cheveux" or "avoir les cheveux relev�s" often has the meaning of a woman wearing her hair up (in a French twist, for example). One can say "relever", "mettre en l'air" , or "mettre ? la verticale" les cheveux to mean that the hair is simply "raised."