# peruke
## English
### Alternative forms

* perruque, peruque

### Etymology

From French perruque. Doublet of periwig.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /pəˈɹuːk/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /pəˈɹuk/
* Rhymes: -uːk
* Hyphenation: per‧uke

### Noun

peruke (plural perukes)
* A wig, especially one with long hair on the sides and back, worn mainly by men in the 17th and 18th centuries.
** 1762–1771, Horace Walpole, “Mr. JOHN SMITH”, in A Catalogue of Engravers, Who Have Been Born, or Resided in England; […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV, or Engravers), London: […] Thomas Farmer […], →OCLC, page 105:To poſterity perhaps his prints vvill carry an idea of ſomething burleſque; perukes of outrageous length flovving over ſuits of armour compoſe vvonderfull habits.
** 1819 July 15, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, canto I, stanza CCXIII, page 109:But now at thirty years my hair is gray— / (I wonder what it will be like at forty? / I thought of a peruke the other day) […]
** 1834, Robert Southey, “Ante-preface”, in The Doctor, &c., volume I, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, →OCLC, pages 35–36:Let the long peruke succeed the godly cropt hair; the cravat, the ruff; […]
** 1979, J.G. Ballard, chapter 19, in The Unlimited Dream Company:Every chair was filled, the line of assistants working like conjurors at the bizarre hairstyles, a splendid confusion of feathers and flared perukes, wings of back-brushed hair, like the plumage of an aviary.
** 1992, Kim Newman, Anno Dracula, Titan Books, published 2011, page 135:With a delicate touch, he reset his golden peruke on his sweat-slick skull.

#### Related terms

* perruquier

#### Translations
## Finnish
### Etymology

peru +‎ -ke

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈperukeˣ/, [ˈpe̞ruk̟e̞(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -eruke
* Hyphenation: pe‧ru‧ke

### Noun

peruke
* (fishing) wire trace, snood

#### Declension

Possessive forms of peruke (Kotus type 48*A/hame, kk-k gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
perukkeeni
perukkeeni
accusative
nom.
perukkeeni
perukkeeni
gen.
perukkeeni
genitive
perukkeeni
perukkeideni perukkeitteni
partitive
perukettani
perukkeitani
inessive
perukkeessani
perukkeissani
elative
perukkeestani
perukkeistani
illative
perukkeeseeni
perukkeisiini perukkeihini
adessive
perukkeellani
perukkeillani
ablative
perukkeeltani
perukkeiltani
allative
perukkeelleni
perukkeilleni
essive
perukkeenani
perukkeinani
translative
perukkeekseni
perukkeikseni
abessive
perukkeettani
perukkeittani
instructive
comitative
—perukkeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
perukkeesi
perukkeesi
accusative
nom.
perukkeesi
perukkeesi
gen.
perukkeesi
genitive
perukkeesi
perukkeidesi perukkeittesi
partitive
perukettasi
perukkeitasi
inessive
perukkeessasi
perukkeissasi
elative
perukkeestasi
perukkeistasi
illative
perukkeeseesi
perukkeisiisi perukkeihisi
adessive
perukkeellasi
perukkeillasi
ablative
perukkeeltasi
perukkeiltasi
allative
perukkeellesi
perukkeillesi
essive
perukkeenasi
perukkeinasi
translative
perukkeeksesi
perukkeiksesi
abessive
perukkeettasi
perukkeittasi
instructive
comitative
—perukkeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
perukkeemme
perukkeemme
accusative
nom.
perukkeemme
perukkeemme
gen.
perukkeemme
genitive
perukkeemme
perukkeidemme perukkeittemme
partitive
perukettamme
perukkeitamme
inessive
perukkeessamme
perukkeissamme
elative
perukkeestamme
perukkeistamme
illative
perukkeeseemme
perukkeisiimme perukkeihimme
adessive
perukkeellamme
perukkeillamme
ablative
perukkeeltamme
perukkeiltamme
allative
perukkeellemme
perukkeillemme
essive
perukkeenamme
perukkeinamme
translative
perukkeeksemme
perukkeiksemme
abessive
perukkeettamme
perukkeittamme
instructive
comitative
—perukkeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
perukkeenne
perukkeenne
accusative
nom.
perukkeenne
perukkeenne
gen.
perukkeenne
genitive
perukkeenne
perukkeidenne perukkeittenne
partitive
perukettanne
perukkeitanne
inessive
perukkeessanne
perukkeissanne
elative
perukkeestanne
perukkeistanne
illative
perukkeeseenne
perukkeisiinne perukkeihinne
adessive
perukkeellanne
perukkeillanne
ablative
perukkeeltanne
perukkeiltanne
allative
perukkeellenne
perukkeillenne
essive
perukkeenanne
perukkeinanne
translative
perukkeeksenne
perukkeiksenne
abessive
perukkeettanne
perukkeittanne
instructive
comitative
—perukkeinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
perukkeensa
perukkeensa
accusative
nom.
perukkeensa
perukkeensa
gen.
perukkeensa
genitive
perukkeensa
perukkeidensa perukkeittensa
partitive
perukettaan perukettansa
perukkeitaan perukkeitansa
inessive
perukkeessaan perukkeessansa
perukkeissaan perukkeissansa
elative
perukkeestaan perukkeestansa
perukkeistaan perukkeistansa
illative
perukkeeseensa
perukkeisiinsa perukkeihinsa
adessive
perukkeellaan perukkeellansa
perukkeillaan perukkeillansa
ablative
perukkeeltaan perukkeeltansa
perukkeiltaan perukkeiltansa
allative
perukkeelleen perukkeellensa
perukkeilleen perukkeillensa
essive
perukkeenaan perukkeenansa
perukkeinaan perukkeinansa
translative
perukkeekseen perukkeeksensa
perukkeikseen perukkeiksensa
abessive
perukkeettaan perukkeettansa
perukkeittaan perukkeittansa
instructive
comitative
—perukkeineen perukkeinensa :

#### Synonyms

* tapsi

### Further reading

* “peruke”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03