rouge

[roozh] /ruʒ/
noun
1.
any of various red cosmetics for coloring the cheeks or lips.
2.
a reddish powder, chiefly ferric oxide, used for polishing metal, glass, etc.
3.
Canadian football.
verb (used with object), rouged, rouging.
4.
to color with rouge.
verb (used without object), rouged, rouging.
5.
to use rouge.
Origin
1475-85; < French: red < Latin rubeus; akin to red1
Related forms
unrouged, adjective

rouge

[roozh] /ruʒ/
adjective, French.
1.
red; noting the red numbers in roulette.
Compare noir.
Examples from the web for rouge
  • It may be either a sub-brown dwarf or a rouge with moons.
British Dictionary definitions for rouge

rouge

/ruːʒ/
noun
1.
a red powder, used as a cosmetic for adding redness to the cheeks
2.
short for jeweller's rouge
verb (transitive)
3.
to apply rouge to
Word Origin
C18: from French: red, from Latin rubeus
Word Origin and History for rouge
n.

1753, in cosmetic sense, "blush," from French rouge "red coloring matter," noun use of adjective "red" (12c.), from Latin rubeus, related to ruber "red" (see red). Replaced native paint in this sense. The verb is attested from 1777. Related: Rouged; rouging. The same word had been borrowed from French in Middle English with the sense "red color; red" (early 15c.).