rouge (redirected from rouges)

rouge  (rzh)

n.

1. A red or pink cosmetic for coloring the cheeks or lips.

2. A reddish powder, chiefly ferric oxide, used to polish metals or glass.

v. rouged, roug·ing, roug·es

v.tr.

1. To put rouge onto: rouged her cheeks.

2. To color or prettify as if with a facial cosmetic: "Their job is to rouge up the war . . . to turn the horror into cheering press releases" (Richard Corliss).

v.intr.

To use rouge.

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[French, from Old French, red, from Latin rubeus; see reudh- in Indo-European roots.]

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rouge [ruːʒ]

n

1. (Clothing & Fashion) a red powder, used as a cosmetic for adding redness to the cheeks

2. (Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) short for jeweller's rouge

vb (tr)

(Clothing & Fashion) to apply rouge to

[from French: red, from Latin rubeus]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	rouge - makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks blusher, paint makeup, war paint, make-up - cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change your appearance
Verb	1.	rouge - redden by applying rouge to; "she rouged her cheeks" make up - apply make-up or cosmetics to one's face to appear prettier; "She makes herself up every morning"

Translations

rouge [ruːʒ]

A. N → colorete m, carmín m

B. VT to rouge one's cheeks → ponerse colorete

rouge [ˈruːʒ] n → rouge m, rouge m à joues

rouge

n → Rouge nt

vt to rouge one’s cheeks → Rouge auflegen

rouge [ruːʒ] n → belletto

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rouge [ruːʒ] n → belletto