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Webster 1913 Edition


Rouge

Rouge

,
Adj.
[F., fr. L.
rubeus
red, akin to
rubere
to be red,
ruber
red. See
Red
.]
red.
[R.]
Rouge et noir
[F., red and black]
,
a game at cards in which persons play against the owner of the bank; – so called because the table around which the players sit has certain compartments colored red and black, upon which the stakes are deposited.
Hoyle.

Rouge

,
Noun.
[F.]
1.
(Chem.)
A red amorphous powder consisting of ferric oxide. It is used in polishing glass, metal, or gems, and as a cosmetic, etc. Called also
crocus
,
jeweler’s rouge
, etc.
2.
A cosmetic used for giving a red color to the cheeks or lips. The best is prepared from the dried flowers of the safflower, but it is often made from carmine.
Ure.

Rouge

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Rouged
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Rouging
.]
To paint the face or cheeks with rouge.

Rouge

,
Verb.
T.
To tint with rouge;
as, to
rouge
the face or the cheeks
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Rouge

ROUGE

,
Noun.
roozh. Red paint; a substance used for painting the cheeks.

ROUGE

,
vi.
[supra.] To paint the face, or rather the cheeks.

ROUGE

,
Verb.
T.
[supra.] To paint, or tinge with red paint.

Definition 2024


Rouge

Rouge

See also: rouge

German

Noun

Rouge n (genitive Rouges, plural Rouges)

  1. (makeup) rouge

rouge

rouge

See also: Rouge

English

Adjective

rouge (comparative more rouge, superlative most rouge)

  1. Of a reddish pink colour.

Noun

rouge (plural rouges)

  1. Red or pink makeup to add colour to the cheeks; blusher.
    • 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 4, in Crime out of Mind:
      Before we could embark on the details of his mother's health we were joined by a fair, plump woman of indefinite age, who had once been—and at moments still was—very pretty. She wore a simple black silk dress, perhaps in deference to Tilly's death, though the note of mourning was jarred by flamboyant aquamarine ear-rings and too much rouge.
  2. Any reddish pink colour.
  3. (Canadian football) A single point awarded when a team kicks the ball out of its opponent's end zone, or when a kicked ball becomes dead within the non-kicking team's end zone. Etymology uncertain; it is thought that in the early years of the sport, a red flag indicated that a single had been scored.
  4. In the Eton College field game, a five-point score awarded for kicking the ball so that it deflects off one of the opposing players and goes beyond the opposition's end of the pitch, and then touching the ball.
  5. (chemistry, archaic) A red amorphous powder consisting of ferric oxide, used in polishing and as a cosmetic; crocus; jeweller's rouge.

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Verb

rouge (third-person singular simple present rouges, present participle rouging, simple past and past participle rouged)

  1. To apply rouge (makeup).
    She rouged her face before setting out for the party.

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French

Etymology

From Latin rubeus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁuʒ/

Adjective

rouge m, f (plural rouges)

  1. red (of a red color)
    Le sang est rouge. - Blood is red.
  2. red (left-wing, socialist)
    L'armée rouge. - Red Army.

Noun

rouge m (plural rouges)

  1. red

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Descendants

  • Serbo-Croatian: ruž

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Colors in French · couleurs (layout · text)
     rouge      vert      jaune      crème      blanc
     cramoisi      magenta      bleu canard      vert citron      rose
     indigo      bleu      orange      gris      violet
     noir      pourpre      brun      azur      cyan

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Middle French

Noun

rouge m (uncountable)

  1. red

Adjective

rouge m, f (plural rouges)

  1. red

Descendants