perruquier
English
Etymology
French
Noun
perruquier (plural perruquiers)
- A maker of perukes or wigs.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for perruquier in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
French
Etymology
perruque + -ier
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛ.ʁy.kje/, /pe.ʁy.kje/
Audio (file)
Noun
perruquier m (plural perruquiers, feminine perruquière)
- wigmaker
- (obsolete) hairdresser
Descendants
- → Bulgarian: перуке́р (perukér)
Further reading
- “perruquier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.