parrucca

Betekenis (Engels)

wig

Sinonieme

toupet

Vertalings

perruque

wig

peluca

pruik

Perücke

peruca

perruca

peruk

περούκα

peruke

peruka

capillamentum

باروكة

periwig

Gekoppel as

par‧rùc‧ca

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/parˈruk.ka/

Etimologie (Engels)

Uncertain; according to the OED, possibly related to Latin pilus (“hair”), but there are phonetic difficulties. It could instead be related to parrocchetto (“parakeet”), referring to the feathers. Compare French perruque.