rouge
pronunciation
How to pronounce rouge in British English:
UK [ru:ʒ]
How to pronounce rouge in American English:
US [ruʒ]
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- Noun:
- makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks
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- Verb:
- redden by applying rouge to
Word Origin
- rouge
- rouge: see red
- rouge (n.)
- 1753, in cosmetic sense, "blush," from French rouge "red coloring matter," noun use of adjective "red" (12c.), from Latin rubeus, related to ruber "red" (see red). Replaced native paint in this sense. The verb is attested from 1777. Related: Rouged; rouging. The same word had been borrowed from French in Middle English with the sense "red color; red" (early 15c.).
Example
- 1. The most famous and successful restaurant guide in france is the michelin guide rouge , which has approximately 50 % market share .
- 2. To answer this question , researchers dabbed some red rouge on the noses of children and then placed them in front of a mirror .
- 3. Hard g like in gabon , soft g like in george , and then there 's the weird foreign words like rouge and beige .
- 4. Ford needed heaps of capital to build his colossal river rouge factory ; his modern equivalent can start with little besides a laptop and a hunger to invent .
- 5. The guide rouge sometimes makes a few comments under a recommended restaurant ; these are worth reading as they give an indication of what aspect of the restaurant impressed the reviewer .