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- [roozh]
- /ruʒ/
- /ruːʒ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [roozh]
- /ruʒ/
Definitions of rouge word
- noun rouge any of various red cosmetics for coloring the cheeks or lips. 1
- noun rouge a reddish powder, chiefly ferric oxide, used for polishing metal, glass, etc. 1
- noun rouge Canadian football. 1
- verb with object rouge to color with rouge. 1
- verb without object rouge to use rouge. 1
- adjective rouge red; noting the red numbers in roulette. 1
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Origin of rouge
First appearance:
before 1475 One of the 25% oldest English words
1475-85; < French: red < Latin rubeus; akin to red1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Rouge
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
rouge popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
rouge usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for rouge
noun rouge
- acrylic — Acrylic material is artificial and is manufactured by a chemical process.
- chroma — the attribute of a colour that enables an observer to judge how much chromatic colour it contains irrespective of achromatic colour present
- crimson — Something that is crimson is deep red in colour.
- greasepaint — an oily mixture of melted tallow or grease and a pigment, used by actors, clowns, etc., for making up their faces.
- latex — a milky liquid in certain plants, as milkweeds, euphorbias, poppies, or the plants yielding India rubber, that coagulates on exposure to air.
verb rouge
- blush — When you blush, your face becomes redder than usual because you are ashamed or embarrassed.
- chalk — Chalk is a type of soft white rock. You can use small pieces of it for writing or drawing with.
- chalking — a soft, white, powdery limestone consisting chiefly of fossil shells of foraminifers.
- color — the sensation resulting from stimulation of the retina of the eye by light waves of certain lengths
- flush — a hand or set of cards all of one suit. Compare royal flush, straight flush.
types of rouge
- cosmetics — beauty preparations; make-up
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