rouge

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From French rouge.

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rouge (comparative more rouge, superlative most rouge)

  1. Of a reddish pink colour.

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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.

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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.

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Latin rubeus.

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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.

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rouge m. (plural rouges)

  1. red

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rouge m. (uncountable)

  1. red

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rouge m. and f. (plural rouges)

  1. red

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