peruca
Portuguese
/pɨ.ˈɾu.kɐ/
noun
Definitions
- wig
- chignon
Etymology
Borrowed from French perruque (wig, peruke, periwig).
Origin
French
perruque
Gloss
wig, peruke, periwig
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- peruke English
- wig English
- peruukki Finnish
- Perücke German
- Perückenmacher German
- parrucca Italian
- perruque French
- perruquier French
- парик Russian
- peluca Spanish, Castilian
- peruka Polish
- paryk Danish
- باروكة Arabic
- perruca Catalan, Valencian
- peruk Turkish
- pèrruque Norman
- Parréck Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch