- a red powder, used as a cosmetic for adding redness to the cheeks
- short for jeweller's rouge
- to apply rouge to
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
rouge /ruʒ/USA pronunciation
n., v., rouged, roug•ing.
n. [uncountable]
v. [~ + object]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026n. [uncountable]
- Clothinga red powder used as a cosmetic.
v. [~ + object]
- to color with rouge.
rouge
(ro̅o̅zh),USA pronunciation n., v., rouged, roug•ing.
n.
n.
- Clothingany of various red cosmetics for coloring the cheeks or lips.
- a reddish powder, chiefly ferric oxide, used for polishing metal, glass, etc.
- SportSee Canadian football.
- to color with rouge.
- to use rouge.
- Latin rubeus; akin to red1
- French: red
- 1475–85
v.t.
v.i.
- Foreign Termsred;
noting the red numbers in roulette. Cf. noir.
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rouge /ruːʒ/ n
'rouge' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Baton Rouge
- Cambodia
- crocus
- ferric oxide
- jeweller's rouge
- Louisiana
- Luhrmann
- McGregor
- paint
- raddle
- rouge et noir
- trente et quarante
- year zero
- blusher
- bonnet rouge
- Canadian football
- colcothar
- compact
- cosmetic
- fucus
- jewelers' rouge
- Khmer Rouge
- mordant rouge
- Moulin Rouge
- noir
- Port Hudson
- Red and the Black, The
- red liquor
- red stuff
- River Rouge
- vin rouge