a hairstyle characterized by repeated regular waves, popular in the 1920s
verbWord forms: -cels, -celling or -celled
2. (transitive)
to make such waves in (the hair) with special hot irons
Derived forms
marceller (marˈceller)
noun
Word origin
C20: after Marcel Grateau (1852–1936), French hairdresser
Marcel in British English
(French marsɛl)
noun
Gabriel (Honoré) (ɡabriɛl). 1889–1973, French Christian existentialist philosopher and dramatist, whose philosophical works include Being and Having (1949) and The Mystery of Being (1951)
Marcel in American English1
(mɑrˈsɛl)
noun
a masculine name
see also Marcellus1
Marcel in American English2
(maʀˈsɛl)
Gabriˈel (gabʀiˈɛl) 1889-1973; Fr. philosopher
marcel in American English
(mɑrˈsɛl)
noun
1.
a formerly popular hairstyle consisting of a series of even waves put in the hair with a curling iron
: also marcel wave
verb transitiveWord forms: marˈcelled or marˈcelling
2.
to put such waves in (hair)
Word origin
after Marcel Grateau, early 20th-c. Fr hairdresser