rouge

CEFRB2

/ˈɹuːʒ/

noun · adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A red makeup used to add color to the cheeks.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Any reddish pink colour.

Examples

  • Expressions and smiles change like that just from applying rouge and lipstick.

  • The Khmer Rouge often used parables to justify their contradictory actions.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
3
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Red or pink makeup to add colour to the cheeks; blusher.

  2. 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.

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Of a reddish pink colour.

More examples

In context

  • What say'st thou—slanderer !—rouge makes thee sick ?

  • She rouged her face before setting out for the party.

  • [A] wall [...] against which all those formidable "rouges" (as they are most underivably called) take place; in which above twenty players contend, kicking each others' shins nearly as often as the ball

Synonyms

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She applied a small amount of blank to her cheeks to add color.

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from French rouge, from Latin rubeus. Compare rare Middle English rouge, rouȝ (“red”); later borrowed again, as it is not attested until c. 1750. The game senses are of unknown origin according to the Oxford English Dictionary.