parrucca

Concepts

wig

peruke

periwig

hair

rug

hairpiece

scalp hair

Synonyms

toupet

Translations

perruque

peluca

Perücke

pruik

peruca

perruca

περούκα

peruk

peruka

باروكة

takma saç

capillamentum

postiche

شعر مستعار

Hyphenated as

par‧rùc‧ca

Pronounced as (IPA)

/parˈruk.ka/

Etymology

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.