rouge

See also Rouge

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɹuːʒ/

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• Rhymes: -uːʒ

Etymology

From French rouge.

Adjective

rouge (comparative more rouge, superlative most rouge)

1. Of a reddish pink colour.

Noun

rouge (plural rouges)

1. Red or pink makeup to add colour to the cheeks; blusher.
2. Any reddish pink colour.
3. (Canadian football) A single point awarded when a team kicks the ball out of its opponent's end zone, or when a kicked ball becomes dead within the non-kicking team's end zone. Etymology uncertain; it is thought that in the early years of the sport, a red flag indicated that a single had been scored.

Synonyms

• (makeup): blush

Translations

makeup

Catalan: coloret (ca) m. Danish: rouge (da) c. Finnish: poskipuna (fi) German: Rouge (de) n. Hungarian: rúzs (hu) Icelandic: kinnalitur (is) m.

Italian: fard (it) m. Russian: румяна (ru) (rumjána) pl. Serbian: rumenilo n., zarudak m., crvenilo n. Spanish: colorete (es) m. Turkish: allık (tr)

color

Verb

rouge (third-person singular simple present rouges, present participle rouging, simple past and past participle rouged)

1. To apply rouge (makeup.)

   She rouged her face before setting out for the party.

Translations

apply rouge

Finnish: laittaa poskipunaa Hungarian: rúzsoz (hu)

Russian: румянить (ru) (rum'ánit') impf., нарумянить (ru) (narum'ánit') pf. transitive; румяниться (ru) (rum'ánit's'a) impf., нарумяниться (ru) (narum'ánit's'a) pf. intransitive

Derived terms

• jeweller's rouge

Related terms

• Baton Rouge
• Khmer Rouge
• rouge et noir

See also

• (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine ^{(Category: en:Reds) [edit]}

Anagrams

• rogue

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French

Etymology

Latin rubeus.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ʁuʒ/

Adjective

rouge (epicene, plural rouges)

1. red (of a red color)

   Le sang est rouge. - Blood is red.

2. red (left-wing, socialist)

   L'armée rouge. - Red Army.

Noun

rouge m. (plural rouges)

1. red

Synonyms

• gueules (héraldique)

Derived terms

• rougeâtre
• rougeaud
• rougeoiement
• rougeole
• rougeoyer
• rouget
• rougeur
• rougir

See also

• bleu
• vert

Anagrams

• orgue

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Middle French

Noun

rouge m. (uncountable)

1. red

Adjective

rouge m. and f. (plural rouges)

1. red

Descendants

• French: rouge