periwig

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(pĕr'ĭ-wĭg') pronunciation
n.
A wig, especially a peruke.

[By folk etymology from Old French perruque. See peruke.]


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - paryk

Nederlands (Dutch)
pruik

Français (French)
n. - (Hist) perruque

Deutsch (German)
n. - Perücke

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - περούκα (δικαστικού)

Italiano (Italian)
parrucca da avvocato, parrucca

Português (Portuguese)
n. - peruca (f)

Русский (Russian)
напудренный парик

Español (Spanish)
n. - peluca

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - peruk

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
假发

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 假髮

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 가발

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - かつら

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شعر مستعار, باروكه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פיאה נוכרית‬


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