wig
English
/wɪɡ/
noun
Definitions
- A head of real or synthetic hair worn on the head to disguise baldness, for cultural or religious reasons, for fashion, or by actors to help them better resemble the character they are portraying.
- (dated) An old seal.
Etymology
Derived from French perruque (wig, peruke, periwig).
Origin
French
perruque
Gloss
wig, peruke, periwig
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bewig English
- big English
- bigwig English
- demiwig English
- maker English
- peruke English
- tie English
- tiewig English
- unwig English
- wigful English
- wigger English
- wiggery English
- wigless English
- wiglessness English
- wiglet English
- wiglike English
- wigmaker English
- wigman English
- peruukki Finnish
- Perücke German
- Perückenmacher German
- parrucca Italian
- perruque French
- perruquier French
- парик Russian
- peluca Spanish, Castilian
- peruca Portuguese
- peruka Polish
- paryk Danish
- باروكة Arabic
- perruca Catalan, Valencian
- วิก Thai
- peruk Turkish
- pèrruque Norman
- Parréck Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch