"hairpiece" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hairpieces [plural]
Etymology: hair + piece Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hair|piece}} hair + piece Head templates: {{en-noun}} hairpiece (plural hairpieces)
  1. A false substitute for a person's hair; a toupee or wig. Categories (topical): Hair, Headwear Synonyms: rug [slang], syrup, syrup of figs [Cockney, slang], toupe, toupee, toupet, wig Related terms: merkin Translations (false substitute for a person's hair): 髮片 (Chinese Mandarin), 发片 (Chinese Mandarin), peruko (Esperanto), tekotukka (Finnish), peruukki (Finnish), perruque [feminine] (French), Haarteil [neuter] (German), peruko (Ido), parrucca [feminine] (Italian), tresa [feminine] (Polish), treska [feminine] (Polish), пари́к (parík) [masculine] (Russian), takma saç (Turkish), peruk (Turkish), peruka (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "false substitute for a person's hair",
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          "word": "Haarteil"
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      "sense": "false substitute for a person's hair",
      "word": "髮片"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "false substitute for a person's hair",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "false substitute for a person's hair",
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    },
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      "sense": "false substitute for a person's hair",
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      ],
      "word": "perruque"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "false substitute for a person's hair",
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      ],
      "word": "Haarteil"
    },
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      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "false substitute for a person's hair",
      "word": "peruko"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "false substitute for a person's hair",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "parrucca"
    },
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "false substitute for a person's hair",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "tresa"
    },
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      "sense": "false substitute for a person's hair",
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      "sense": "false substitute for a person's hair",
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "false substitute for a person's hair",
      "word": "takma saç"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "false substitute for a person's hair",
      "word": "peruk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "false substitute for a person's hair",
      "word": "peruka"
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