"wig" meaning in English

See wig in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /wɪɡ/ Audio: en-us-wig.ogg [US]
enPR: wĭg Rhymes: -ɪɡ Etymology: Clipping of periwig, itself an alteration of French perruque. The meaning of "to reprimand" perhaps came from this being something a bigwig would do or perhaps from the expressions to flip one's wig, wigs on the green, or dash my wig! Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|periwig}} Clipping of periwig, {{der|en|fr|perruque}} French perruque Head templates: {{en-interj}} wig
  1. (LGBT, Internet slang) An expression of shock. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): LGBT, Hair, Headwear Related terms: have one's wig snatched, earwig, merkin, periwig, peruke, piggy-wig
    Sense id: en-wig-en-intj-gZqwyzcT Disambiguation of Hair: 24 27 14 1 4 3 19 8 Disambiguation of Headwear: 25 26 17 0 5 1 14 13 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 25 30 1 4 2 10 14 Topics: LGBT, lifestyle, sexuality

Noun

IPA: /wɪɡ/ Audio: en-us-wig.ogg [US] Forms: wigs [plural]
enPR: wĭg Rhymes: -ɪɡ Etymology: Clipping of periwig, itself an alteration of French perruque. The meaning of "to reprimand" perhaps came from this being something a bigwig would do or perhaps from the expressions to flip one's wig, wigs on the green, or dash my wig! Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|periwig}} Clipping of periwig, {{der|en|fr|perruque}} French perruque Head templates: {{en-noun}} wig (plural wigs)
  1. A head of real or synthetic hair worn on the head to disguise baldness, for cultural or religious reasons, for fashion, or by actors to help them better resemble the character they are portraying. Categories (topical): Hair, Headwear Translations (head of artificial hair): parukë [feminine] (Albanian), πηνήκη (pēnḗkē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), φενάκη (phenákē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), شَعْر مُسْتَعَار (šaʕr mustaʕār) [masculine] (Arabic), بَارُوكَة (bārūka) [feminine] (Arabic), կեղծամ (keġcam) (Armenian), parik (Azerbaijani), ileorde (Basque), пары́к (parýk) [masculine] (Belarusian), পরচুলা (porcula) (Bengali), перу́ка (perúka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ဆံပင်တု (hcampangtu.) (Burmese), perruca [feminine] (Catalan), tagabong (Cebuano), 假髮 (Chinese Mandarin), 假发 (jiǎfà) (Chinese Mandarin), peruken [feminine] (Cornish), pilucca (Corsican), pirrucca (Corsican), parrucca (Corsican), perrucca [feminine] (Corsican), paruka [feminine] (Czech), paryk [common-gender] (Danish), pruik [masculine] (Dutch), D58-D58-Z7:X1-D3 (bbwt) (Egyptian), I9:Aa1-X1-O30-D3 (fḫt) (Egyptian), суречерьть (suŕečeŕť) (Erzya), peruko (Esperanto), parukas (Estonian), hárkollur (Faroese), peruukki (Finnish), perruque [feminine] (French), პარიკი (ṗariḳi) (Georgian), Perücke [feminine] (German), περούκα (peroúka) [feminine] (Greek), פֵּאָה (peá) [feminine] (Hebrew), פֵּאָה נָכְרִית (peá nochrít) [feminine] (Hebrew), उपकेश (upkeś) [masculine] (Hindi), विग (vig) [masculine] (Hindi), paróka (Hungarian), Përuck [feminine] (Hunsrik), hárkolla [feminine] (Icelandic), peruko (Ido), bréagfholt [masculine] (Irish), parrucca [feminine] (Italian), (alt: かつら, katsura, かずら, kazura) (Japanese), 仮髪 (kahatsu) (alt: かはつ) (Japanese), ウィッグ (wiggu) (Japanese), парик (parik) (Kazakh), ចំណងសក់ (cɑmnɑɑŋ sɑk) (Khmer), 가발 (gabal) (alt: 假髮) (Korean), 덧머리 (deonmeori) [North-Korea] (Korean), парик (parik) (Kyrgyz), ຊ້ອງ (sǭng) (Lao), ຊ້ອງຜົມ (sǭng phom) (Lao), ຜົມປອມ (phom pǭm) (Lao), capillamentum (Latin), caliandrum [neuter] (Latin), parūka [feminine] (Latvian), perukas [masculine] (Lithuanian), Prüük [German-Low-German, feminine] (Low German), perika [feminine] (Lower Sorbian), Parréck [feminine] (Luxembourgish), перика (perika) [feminine] (Macedonian), rambut palsu (Malay), far folt (Manx), mwashag (Manx), hururua (Maori), makawe kēhua (Maori), uru whakapīwari (Maori), parykk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), parykk [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), perruca (Occitan), парик (parik) (Ossetian), کلاهگیس (kolâh-gis) (Persian), Perrikje [feminine] (Plautdietsch), Pruck [feminine] (Plautdietsch), peruka [feminine] (Polish), peruca [feminine] (Portuguese), piróca [feminine] (Romagnol), perucă [feminine] (Romanian), пари́к (parík) [masculine] (Russian), piorbhaig [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), gruag-bhrèige [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), перика [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), власуља [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), perika [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), vlasulja [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), parochňa [feminine] (Slovak), lasulja [feminine] (Slovene), peluca [feminine] (Spanish), wigi (Swahili), peruk [common-gender] (Swedish), peluka (Tagalog), парик (parik) (Tajik), ผมปลอม (pǒm-bplɔɔm) (Thai), วิก (wík) (Thai), peruka (Turkish), peruk (Turkish), parik (Turkmen), перу́ка (perúka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), perika [feminine] (Upper Sorbian), parik (Uzbek), tóc giả (Vietnamese), herot (Volapük), helot [obsolete] (Volapük), wig [masculine] (Welsh), perwig [feminine] (Welsh), perwigau [feminine, plural] (Welsh), פּאַרוק (paruk) (note: general term) [masculine] (Yiddish), שייטל (sheytl) (english: specifically the sheitel worn by married Orthodox Jewish women) [neuter] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-wig-en-noun-nQ0rZ5eM Disambiguation of Hair: 24 27 14 1 4 3 19 8 Disambiguation of Headwear: 25 26 17 0 5 1 14 13 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 29 24 1 4 2 12 15 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 25 30 1 4 2 10 14 Disambiguation of 'head of artificial hair': 100 0 0
  2. A bigwig Categories (topical): Hair, Headwear
    Sense id: en-wig-en-noun-NyRpBXSR Disambiguation of Hair: 24 27 14 1 4 3 19 8 Disambiguation of Headwear: 25 26 17 0 5 1 14 13 Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 15 21 32 1 4 2 16 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 25 30 1 4 2 10 14
  3. (dated, among fishermen) An old seal. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-wig-en-noun-JeRg34Lf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hairpiece, toupee, toupe, peruke, periwig Hyponyms: wiglet

Verb

IPA: /wɪɡ/ Audio: en-us-wig.ogg [US] Forms: wigs [present, singular, third-person], wigging [participle, present], wigged [participle, past], wigged [past]
enPR: wĭg Rhymes: -ɪɡ Etymology: Clipping of periwig, itself an alteration of French perruque. The meaning of "to reprimand" perhaps came from this being something a bigwig would do or perhaps from the expressions to flip one's wig, wigs on the green, or dash my wig! Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|periwig}} Clipping of periwig, {{der|en|fr|perruque}} French perruque Head templates: {{en-verb}} wig (third-person singular simple present wigs, present participle wigging, simple past and past participle wigged)
  1. To put on a wig; to provide with a wig (especially of an actor etc.).
    Sense id: en-wig-en-verb-mLrC0wqg
  2. (transitive, colloquial) To upbraid, reprimand. Tags: colloquial, transitive
    Sense id: en-wig-en-verb-w9ijuopj
  3. (intransitive, colloquial, slang) To act in an extremely emotional way; to be overly excited, irritable, nervous, or fearful; behave erratically. Tags: colloquial, intransitive, slang Categories (topical): Hair, Headwear
    Sense id: en-wig-en-verb-en:become_emotional Disambiguation of Hair: 24 27 14 1 4 3 19 8 Disambiguation of Headwear: 25 26 17 0 5 1 14 13 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 25 30 1 4 2 10 14
  4. (transitive, MLE, slang) To shoot in the head. Tags: Multicultural-London-English, slang, transitive Categories (topical): Headwear
    Sense id: en-wig-en-verb-L0--t2Js Disambiguation of Headwear: 25 26 17 0 5 1 14 13 Categories (other): Multicultural London English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 25 30 1 4 2 10 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: wiggins, wig out

Inflected forms

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          "word": "ဆံပင်တု"
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          "sense": "head of artificial hair",
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          "roman": "fḫt",
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          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "myv",
          "lang": "Erzya",
          "roman": "suŕečeŕť",
          "sense": "head of artificial hair",
          "word": "суречерьть"
        },
        {
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "head of artificial hair",
          "word": "peruko"
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "head of artificial hair",
          "word": "parukas"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "head of artificial hair",
          "word": "hárkollur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "head of artificial hair",
          "word": "peruukki"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "head of artificial hair",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "perruque"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ṗariḳi",
          "sense": "head of artificial hair",
          "word": "პარიკი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "head of artificial hair",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Perücke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "peroúka",
          "sense": "head of artificial hair",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "περούκα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "pēnḗkē",
          "sense": "head of artificial hair",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "πηνήκη"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "phenákē",
          "sense": "head of artificial hair",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "φενάκη"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "peá",
          "sense": "head of artificial hair",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "פֵּאָה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "peá nochrít",
          "sense": "head of artificial hair",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "פֵּאָה נָכְרִית"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "upkeś",
          "sense": "head of artificial hair",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "उपकेश"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "vig",
          "sense": "head of artificial hair",
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          "word": "tóc giả"
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      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "word": "পরচুলা"
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      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "перу́ка"
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      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "word": "ဆံပင်တု"
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      "word": "tagabong"
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      "word": "假发"
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      "word": "parukas"
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      "code": "fo",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
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      "code": "grc",
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      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
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      "word": "פֵּאָה"
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "פֵּאָה נָכְרִית"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
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      "roman": "upkeś",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "उपकेश"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "विग"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "code": "hrx",
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      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "io",
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      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "word": "peruko"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "bréagfholt"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "parrucca"
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    {
      "alt": "かつら, katsura, かずら, kazura",
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      "alt": "かはつ",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "word": "仮髪"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "word": "ウィッグ"
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    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "parik",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "word": "парик"
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    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "cɑmnɑɑŋ sɑk",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "word": "ចំណងសក់"
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    {
      "alt": "假髮",
      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "gabal",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "word": "가발"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "deonmeori",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "덧머리"
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      "code": "ky",
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      "word": "парик"
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      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "sǭng",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "word": "ຊ້ອງ"
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      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "sǭng phom",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "word": "ຊ້ອງຜົມ"
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      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "phom pǭm",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "word": "ຜົມປອມ"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "word": "capillamentum"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "parūka"
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "perukas"
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      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Prüük"
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      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Parréck"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "perika",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "перика"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "word": "rambut palsu"
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    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "word": "far folt"
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    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "word": "mwashag"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "word": "hururua"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "word": "makawe kēhua"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "word": "uru whakapīwari"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "parykk"
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "parykk"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "word": "perruca"
    },
    {
      "code": "os",
      "lang": "Ossetian",
      "roman": "parik",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "word": "парик"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kolâh-gis",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "word": "کلاهگیس"
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    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Perrikje"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Pruck"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "peruka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "peruca"
    },
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      "code": "rgn",
      "lang": "Romagnol",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piróca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "perucă"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "parík",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "пари́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piorbhaig"
    },
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "gruag-bhrèige"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "перика"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "власуља"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "perika"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
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      ],
      "word": "vlasulja"
    },
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "parochňa"
    },
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lasulja"
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    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "perika"
    },
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      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "perika"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "peluca"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "word": "wigi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "peruk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "word": "peluka"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "parik",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "word": "парик"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "pǒm-bplɔɔm",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "word": "ผมปลอม"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "wík",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "word": "วิก"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "word": "peruka"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "word": "peruk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "word": "parik"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "perúka",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "перу́ка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "word": "parik"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "word": "tóc giả"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "word": "herot"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "helot"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wig"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "perwigau"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "note": "general term",
      "roman": "paruk",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "פּאַרוק"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "english": "specifically the sheitel worn by married Orthodox Jewish women",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "sheytl",
      "sense": "head of artificial hair",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "שייטל"
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}

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      "ipa": "/wɪɡ/"
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      "rhymes": "-ɪɡ"
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