rougeur

French

Etymology

Etymology tree

French rouge

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *-ōs

Proto-Italic *-ōs

Latin -ōrem

Old French -or

Middle French -eur

French -eur

French rougeur

From rouge +‎ -eur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁu.ʒœʁ/

Noun

rougeur f (plural rougeurs)

1. (literary) redness
2. flush, flushing

Related terms

• rouge

Further reading

• “rougeur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012