"peruke" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pəˈɹuːk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pəˈɹuk/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-peruke.wav [Southern-England] Forms: perukes [plural]
Rhymes: -uːk Etymology: From French perruque. Doublet of periwig. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|perruque}} French perruque, {{doublet|en|periwig}} Doublet of periwig Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Hair Synonyms: perruque, peruque Related terms: perruquier Translations (wig): дълга перука (dǎlga peruka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), pruik (Dutch), peruko (Esperanto), peruukki (Finnish), perruque [feminine] (French), Perücke [feminine] (German), פאה [feminine] (Hebrew), paróka (Hungarian), peruko (Ido), perrucca (Interlingua), parrucca (Italian), пе́рика (périka) [feminine] (Macedonian), perruca (Occitan), peruka (Polish), peruca [feminine] (Portuguese), пари́к (parík) [masculine] (Russian), перика [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), власуља [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), perika [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), vlasulja [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), peluca (Spanish), peruk [common-gender] (Swedish), peluk (Volapük)

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