peruke

English

James II of England wearing a peruke.

Etymology

From French perruque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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
• Finnish: peruukki (fi)
• French: perruque (fr) f
• German: Perücke (de) f
• Hungarian: paróka (hu)
• Ido: peruko (io)
• Interlingua: perrucca
• Italian: parrucca

• Polish: peruka (pl)
• Portuguese: peruca (pt) f
• Russian: парик (ru) m (parík)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: перика f, власуља f

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

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

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Finnish

Noun

peruke

1. (fishing) wire trace, snood

Declension

Declension of peruke (Kotus type 48/hame)

		singular	plural
nominative		peruke	perukkeet
accusative	nom.?	peruke	perukkeet
	gen.	perukkeen
genitive		perukkeen	perukkeiden perukkeitten
partitive		peruketta	perukkeita
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

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