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rouge

1 American  
[roozh] / ruʒ /

noun

  1. any of various red cosmetics for coloring the cheeks or lips.

  2. a reddish powder, chiefly ferric oxide, used for polishing metal, glass, etc.

  3. Canadian football.

verb (used with object)

rouged, rouging

  1. to color with rouge.

verb (used without object)

rouged, rouging

  1. to use rouge.

rouge 2 American  
[roozh] / ruʒ /

adjective

French.

  1. red; noting the red numbers in roulette.

rouge British  
/ ruːʒ /

noun

  1. a red powder, used as a cosmetic for adding redness to the cheeks

  2. short for jeweller's rouge

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verb

  1. to apply rouge to

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • unrouged adjective

Etymology

Origin of rouge

1475–85; < French: red < Latin rubeus; akin to red 1

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