peruke

English

James II of England wearing a peruke.

Etymology

From French perruque.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pəˈruːk/

Noun

peruke (plural perukes)

1. A wig, especially one with long hair on the sides and back, worn mainly by men in the 17th and 18th centuries.
   • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, I.213:

     But now at thirty years my hair is grey— / (I wonder what it will be like at forty? / I thought of a peruke the other day—) [...].

Translations

wig

• Dutch: pruik (nl)
• Esperanto: peruko (eo)
• Finnish: peruukki (fi)
• French: perruque (fr) f
• German: Perücke (de) f
• Hungarian: paróka (hu)
• Ido: peruko (io)
• Interlingua: perrucca (ia)
• Italian: parrucca (it)

• Polish: peruka (pl)
• Russian: парик (ru) (parík) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: перика (sh) f, власуља (sh) f

  Roman: perika (sh) f, vlasulja (sh) f

• Spanish: peluca (es)
• Swedish: peruk (sv) c
• Volapük: peluk (vo)

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Finnish

Noun

peruke

1. (fishing) wire trace, snood

Declension

Declension of peruke (type hame) singular plural nominative peruke perukkeet genitive perukkeen perukkeiden perukkeitten partitive peruketta perukkeita accusative peruke perukkeen perukkeet inessive perukkeessa perukkeissa elative perukkeesta perukkeista illative perukkeeseen perukkeisiin perukkeihin adessive perukkeella perukkeilla ablative perukkeelta perukkeilta allative perukkeelle perukkeille essive perukkeena perukkeina translative perukkeeksi perukkeiksi instructive – perukkein abessive perukkeetta perukkeitta comitative – perukkeineen

Synonyms

• tapsi