rouge

Other forms of rouge

plural

rouges·

past tense

rouged·

present participle

rouging·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about rouge

What does rouge mean?

rouge means "makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rouge?

rouge has 1 syllable: rouge. In IPA it is /ˈɹuʒ/.

What is another word for rouge?

Close synonyms include paint, blusher. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rouge a common word?

rouge is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.