rouge
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From French rouge.
Adjective [edit]
rouge (comparative more rouge, superlative most rouge)
Noun [edit]
rouge (plural rouges)
- Red or pink makeup to add colour to the cheeks; blusher.
- 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 4, Crime out of Mind[1]:
- Before we could embark on the details of his mother's health we were joined by a fair, plump woman of indefinite age, who had once been—and at moments still was—very pretty. She wore a simple black silk dress, perhaps in deference to Tilly's death, though the note of mourning was jarred by flamboyant aquamarine ear-rings and too much rouge.
- 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 4, Crime out of Mind[1]:
- Any reddish pink colour.
- (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.
- (chemistry, archaic) A red amorphous powder consisting of ferric oxide, used in polishing and as a cosmetic; crocus; jeweller's rouge.
Synonyms [edit]
- (makeup): blush
Translations [edit]
blush — see blush
color
Verb [edit]
rouge (third-person singular simple present rouges, present participle rouging, simple past and past participle rouged)
- To apply rouge (makeup).
- She rouged her face before setting out for the party.
Translations [edit]
apply rouge
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See also [edit]
- (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)
Anagrams [edit]
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin rubeus.
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
rouge (masculine and feminine, plural rouges)
- red (of a red color)
- Le sang est rouge. - Blood is red.
- red (left-wing, socialist)
- L'armée rouge. - Red Army.
Noun [edit]
rouge m (plural rouges)
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Middle French [edit]
Noun [edit]
rouge m (uncountable)
Adjective [edit]
rouge m and f (plural rouges)
Descendants [edit]
- French: rouge
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- English terms derived from French
- English adjectives
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- English verbs
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- French terms derived from Latin
- French adjectives
- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French countable nouns
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- Middle French nouns
- Middle French adjectives
- frm:Colors
