perruque
See also: pèrruque
English
Noun
perruque (plural perruques)
- Alternative form of peruke
French
Etymology
Probably from western Lombard dialect perrucca, parrucca.
(Only Ligurian and the western Lombard dialect transform intervocalic -L- into -R-)
Pronunciation
Noun
perruque f (plural perruques)
- wig
- (historical) wig, periwig, peruke
Related terms
Further reading
- “perruque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.