perruque
French, noun/pɛ.ʁyk/
perruque is spelled P-E-R-R-U-Q-U-E (8 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written French, the 15,828th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perruque is a French feminine noun meaning “wig” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Coiffure de faux cheveux”.
What does perruque mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewig
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Coiffure de faux cheveux. 2. Feuillage ; frondaison. 3. Vieillard qui tient opiniâtrement à d’anciens préjugés. 4. Utilisation clandestine des machines d’une usine à des fins personnelles ; désigne l’action, comme l’objet réalisé.
adjective: 1. Vieux, suranné.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of perruque
- perruques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce perruque?
- /pɛ.ʁyk/
- /pe.ʁyk/
- \pɛ.ʁyk\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to perruque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is perruque in French?
perruque appears 3.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).