peruke

See also: perukę

English

James II of England wearing a peruke.

Alternative forms

• perruque, peruque

Etymology

From French perruque. Doublet of periwig.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pəˈɹuːk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /pəˈɹuk/
• Rhymes: -uːk
• Hyphenation: per‧uke

Noun

peruke (plural perukes)

1. A wig, especially one with long hair on the sides and back, worn mainly by men in the 17th and 18th centuries.
   • 1763, Horace Walpole, “Mr. JOHN SMITH”, in A Catalogue of Engravers, Who Have Been Born, or Resided in England; […], Strawberry-Hill [London]: […] Thomas Farmer […], →OCLC, page 105:

     To poſterity perhaps his prints vvill carry an idea of ſomething burleſque; perukes of outrageous length flovving over ſuits of armour compoſe vvonderfull habits.

   • 1819 July 15, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, canto I, stanza CCXIII, page 109:

     But now at thirty years my hair is gray— / (I wonder what it will be like at forty? / I thought of a peruke the other day) […]

   • 1834, Robert Southey, “Ante-preface”, in The Doctor, &c., volume I, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, →OCLC, pages 35–36:

     Let the long peruke succeed the godly cropt hair; the cravat, the ruff; […]

   • 1979, J.G. Ballard, chapter 19, in The Unlimited Dream Company:

     Every chair was filled, the line of assistants working like conjurors at the bizarre hairstyles, a splendid confusion of feathers and flared perukes, wings of back-brushed hair, like the plumage of an aviary.

   • 1992, Kim Newman, Anno Dracula, Titan Books, published 2011, page 135:

     With a delicate touch, he reset his golden peruke on his sweat-slick skull.

Related terms

• perruquier

Translations

wig

• Bulgarian: дълга перука f (dǎlga peruka)
• Dutch: pruik (nl)
• Esperanto: peruko
• Finnish: peruukki (fi)
• French: perruque (fr) f
• German: Perücke (de) f
• Hebrew: פאה (he) f
• Hungarian: paróka (hu)
• Ido: peruko (io)
• Interlingua: perrucca
• Italian: parrucca (it)
• Macedonian: пе́рика f (périka)
• Occitan: perruca (oc)
• Polish: peruka (pl)
• Portuguese: peruca (pt) f
• Russian: пари́к (ru) m (parík)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: перика f, власуља f

  Roman: perika (sh) f, vlasulja (sh) f

• Spanish: peluca (es)
• Swedish: peruk (sv) c
• Volapük: peluk

Finnish

Etymology

peru ‎ -ke

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈperukeˣ/, [ˈpe̞ruk̟e̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -eruke
• Hyphenation^(key): pe‧ru‧ke

Noun

peruke

1. (fishing) wire trace, snood

Declension

Inflection of peruke (Kotus type 48*A/hame, kk-k gradation)
nominative		peruke	perukkeet
genitive		perukkeen	perukkeiden perukkeitten
partitive		peruketta	perukkeita
illative		perukkeeseen	perukkeisiin perukkeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		peruke	perukkeet
accusative	nom.	peruke	perukkeet
	gen.	perukkeen
genitive		perukkeen	perukkeiden perukkeitten
partitive		peruketta	perukkeita
inessive		perukkeessa	perukkeissa
elative		perukkeesta	perukkeista
illative		perukkeeseen	perukkeisiin perukkeihin
adessive		perukkeella	perukkeilla
ablative		perukkeelta	perukkeilta
allative		perukkeelle	perukkeille
essive		perukkeena	perukkeina
translative		perukkeeksi	perukkeiksi
abessive		perukkeetta	perukkeitta
instructive		—	perukkein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of peruke (Kotus type 48*A/hame, kk-k gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative perukkeeni perukkeeni accusative nom. perukkeeni perukkeeni gen. perukkeeni genitive perukkeeni perukkeideni perukkeitteni partitive perukettani perukkeitani inessive perukkeessani perukkeissani elative perukkeestani perukkeistani illative perukkeeseeni perukkeisiini perukkeihini adessive perukkeellani perukkeillani ablative perukkeeltani perukkeiltani allative perukkeelleni perukkeilleni essive perukkeenani perukkeinani translative perukkeekseni perukkeikseni abessive perukkeettani perukkeittani instructive — — comitative — perukkeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative perukkeesi perukkeesi accusative nom. perukkeesi perukkeesi gen. perukkeesi genitive perukkeesi perukkeidesi perukkeittesi partitive perukettasi perukkeitasi inessive perukkeessasi perukkeissasi elative perukkeestasi perukkeistasi illative perukkeeseesi perukkeisiisi perukkeihisi adessive perukkeellasi perukkeillasi ablative perukkeeltasi perukkeiltasi allative perukkeellesi perukkeillesi essive perukkeenasi perukkeinasi translative perukkeeksesi perukkeiksesi abessive perukkeettasi perukkeittasi instructive — — comitative — perukkeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative perukkeemme perukkeemme accusative nom. perukkeemme perukkeemme gen. perukkeemme genitive perukkeemme perukkeidemme perukkeittemme partitive perukettamme perukkeitamme inessive perukkeessamme perukkeissamme elative perukkeestamme perukkeistamme illative perukkeeseemme perukkeisiimme perukkeihimme adessive perukkeellamme perukkeillamme ablative perukkeeltamme perukkeiltamme allative perukkeellemme perukkeillemme essive perukkeenamme perukkeinamme translative perukkeeksemme perukkeiksemme abessive perukkeettamme perukkeittamme instructive — — comitative — perukkeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative perukkeenne perukkeenne accusative nom. perukkeenne perukkeenne gen. perukkeenne genitive perukkeenne perukkeidenne perukkeittenne partitive perukettanne perukkeitanne inessive perukkeessanne perukkeissanne elative perukkeestanne perukkeistanne illative perukkeeseenne perukkeisiinne perukkeihinne adessive perukkeellanne perukkeillanne ablative perukkeeltanne perukkeiltanne allative perukkeellenne perukkeillenne essive perukkeenanne perukkeinanne translative perukkeeksenne perukkeiksenne abessive perukkeettanne perukkeittanne instructive — — comitative — perukkeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative perukkeensa perukkeensa accusative nom. perukkeensa perukkeensa gen. perukkeensa genitive perukkeensa perukkeidensa perukkeittensa partitive perukettaan perukettansa perukkeitaan perukkeitansa inessive perukkeessaan perukkeessansa perukkeissaan perukkeissansa elative perukkeestaan perukkeestansa perukkeistaan perukkeistansa illative perukkeeseensa perukkeisiinsa perukkeihinsa adessive perukkeellaan perukkeellansa perukkeillaan perukkeillansa ablative perukkeeltaan perukkeeltansa perukkeiltaan perukkeiltansa allative perukkeelleen perukkeellensa perukkeilleen perukkeillensa essive perukkeenaan perukkeenansa perukkeinaan perukkeinansa translative perukkeekseen perukkeeksensa perukkeikseen perukkeiksensa abessive perukkeettaan perukkeettansa perukkeittaan perukkeittansa instructive — — comitative — perukkeineen perukkeinensa

Synonyms

• tapsi

Further reading

• “peruke”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03