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English
Noun
perruque (plural perruques)
- Alternative form of peruke
French
Etymology
Probably borrowed from western Lombard perrucca, parrucca. Compare the phonetic changes of intervocalic -L- into -R- of Italian parlare and Sicilian parrari.
Pronunciation
Noun
perruque f (plural perruques)
- wig
- (historical) wig, periwig, peruke
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