Rouges
/ˈruːʒɪz/noun
The plural of rouge, or the third-person singular form of the verb meaning to apply rouge.
Did you know?In medieval and early modern Europe, red cosmetic pigments were sometimes made from minerals or plant dyes, linking rouge to long-standing traditions of symbolic color and ritual adornment.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₁rewdʰ-
“Red or reddish in color”
Ancient Latin
Latin
ruber
“Red”
Old French
Old French
rouge
“Red; red coloring”
13th–14th Century
Middle English
rouge
“Red coloring or cosmetic pigment, borrowed from French”
Modern English
English
rouge
“A red cosmetic or coloring substance; also the verb to apply it”
Modern English
English
rouges
“Plural noun or third-person singular verb form of rouge”