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hairpiece
English
Etymology
hair +? piece
Noun
hairpiece (plural hairpieces)
- A false substitute for a person's hair; a toupee or wig.
Synonyms
- rug (slang)
- syrup, syrup of figs (Cockney rhyming slang)
- toupe, toupee, toupet
- wig
Translations
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rug
English
Etymology
Origin uncertain; probably of North Germanic origin, compare dialectal Norwegian rugga (“coarse coverlet”), Swedish rugg (“rough entangled hair”), from Old Norse r?gg (“shagginess; tuft”), from Proto-Germanic *raww? (“long wool”), related to English rag and rough.
Pronunciation
- enPR: r?g, IPA(key): /???/
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
rug (plural rugs)
- A partial covering for a floor. [1624]
- (Britain, Australia) A (usually thick) piece of fabric used for warmth (especially on a bed); a blanket. [1591]
- 1855, William Howitt, A Boy?s Adventures in the Wilds of Australia: or, Herbert?s Note-Book, page 254,
- They then cut down a quantity of gum-tree leaves for a bed, and threw their rugs upon them ready for bed-time.
- 1906 July 27, Government Gazette of Western Australia, page 2297,
- Furnish every sleeping apartment with a sufficient number of toilet utensils and bedsteads, and sufficient bedding so that each bed shall be provided with a mattress, two sheets, a rug, and, in winter time, not less than one additional rug.
- 1950 April, Dental Journal of Australia, Volume 22, page 181,
- My own son had a bunny rug of which he was very fond and on being put to bed he would always demand his “bunny rug to suck his finger with.?
- 1958, Arthur Hailey, John Castle. Runway Zero-Eight. Bantham Books
- She tucked in a rug round the woman. “How’s that?” The woman nodded gratefully.
- 1997, Alan Sharpe, Vivien Encel, Murder!: 25 True Australian Crimes, page 22,
- He brought with him a rug and a sheet, and lay down by the fire.
- 1855, William Howitt, A Boy?s Adventures in the Wilds of Australia: or, Herbert?s Note-Book, page 254,
- (historical, now rare) A kind of coarse, heavy frieze, formerly used for clothing. [1547]
- They spin the choicest rug in Ireland. A friend of mine […] repaired to Paris Garden clad in one of these Waterford rugs.
- (historical, now rare) A cloak or mantle made of such a frieze. [1577]
- (obsolete, rare) A person wearing a rug. [1627]
- A cloth covering for a horse. [1790]
- (obsolete, rare) A dense layer of natural vegetation that precludes the growth of crops. [1792]
- (slang) The female pubic hair. [1893]
- A rough, woolly, or shaggy dog.
- (slang) A wig; a hairpiece. [1940]
- (colloquial) A dense growth of chest hair. [1954]
Usage notes
- (partial floor covering): The terms rug and carpet are not precise synonyms: a rug covers part of the floor; a carpet covers most or a large area of the floor; a fitted carpet runs wall-to-wall.
Synonyms
- (small carpet): carpet, mat
- (wig): toupee, wig
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
rug (third-person singular simple present rugs, present participle rugging, simple past and past participle rugged)
- (transitive) To cover with a rug.
- 1966, Margaret I. Clarke, Care of the Horse and Pony (page 45)
- It stands to reason that because of the difference in climate the necessity for rugging a horse in Australia would vary considerably from that in cold countries like England […]
- 1966, Margaret I. Clarke, Care of the Horse and Pony (page 45)
- (Scotland) To pull roughly or hastily; to plunder; to spoil; to tear.
Derived terms
- rug up
Adjective
rug (comparative more rug, superlative most rug)
- (Britain, dialect, obsolete) snug; cosy
Further reading
- rug in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- rug in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- rug at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- GRU, GUR
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch rug.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rœ?/
Noun
rug (plural rûe or rûens, diminutive ruggie)
- (plural chiefly rûe) back (rear of the body)
- (plural chiefly rûens) hill; ridge
Aromanian
Etymology 1
From Latin rubus. Compare Romanian rug.
Alternative forms
- rugu, arug, arugu
Noun
rug m (plural rudz)
- wild rose, raspberry bush, bramble bush
Synonyms
- pilivuri, zigrã, mãcesh, bubzel
Etymology 2
Probably a semi-learned term or borrowing from Latin rogus, as with its Romanian cognate rug (or modeled after it). Less likely inherited.
Noun
rug m (plural rudz)
- funeral pyre
Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish rugh, from Old Norse rugr, from Proto-Germanic *rugiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wrug?yo-. Compare Norwegian Bokmål rug, Swedish råg, Icelandic rúgur, Dutch rogge, Low German Rogg, German Roggen, English rye.
Noun
rug c (singular definite rugen, not used in plural form)
- rye (Secale cereale)
Verb
rug
- imperative of ruge
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch rugge, from Old Dutch ruggi, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /r?x/
- Rhymes: -?x
- Hyphenation: rug
Noun
rug m (plural ruggen, diminutive ruggetje n or rugje n)
- back, backside
- (geology) ridge
- (Netherlands) thousand euro
Derived terms
- heuvelrug
- rugborstel
- rugklacht
- rugpijn
- rugslag
- rugtas
- rugvin
- rugzak
Descendants
- Afrikaans: rug
Elfdalian
Noun
rug m
- rye (Secale cereale)
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Faroese
Noun
rug
- accusative singular indefinite of rugur
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish ·ruc, prototonic form of ro·ucc, perfect tense of beirid.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [????]
Verb
rug
- past analytic of beir
Further reading
- "rug" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “rug” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “rug” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Manx
Etymology
From ro·uccai, suppletive augmented form of beirid.
Verb
rug (verbal noun ruggal, past participle ruggit)
- to bear (give birth to)
Synonyms
- behr
- ymmyrk
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse rugr, from Proto-Germanic *rugiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wrug?yo-. Compare Danish rug, Swedish råg, Icelandic rúgur, Dutch rogge, German Roggen, English rye.
Noun
rug m (definite singular rugen)
- rye (the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food)
Derived terms
- rugbrød
References
- “rug” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse rugr, from Proto-Germanic *rugiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wrug?yo-. Compare Danish rug, Swedish råg, Icelandic rúgur, Dutch rogge, German Roggen, English rye.
Noun
rug m (definite singular rugen)
- rye (as above)
Derived terms
- rugbrød
References
- “rug” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ruk/
Noun
rug f
- genitive plural of ruga
Further reading
- rug in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology 1
From Latin rogus, probably borrowed in the 19th century or semi-learned. The linguists Candrea and Tiktin believed it to be inherited.
Noun
rug n (plural ruguri)
- pyre
Declension
Etymology 2
From Latin rubus (“bramble, briar”), from Proto-Italic *wruðos, from Proto-Indo-European *wr?d?o- (“sweetbriar”). Compare Italian rovo, dialectal rogo. For the sound shift of Latin -b- to -g- in Romanian, compare neg, negura.
Noun
rug m (plural rugi)
- bramble
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Declension
Synonyms
- m?ce?
Derived terms
- ruget
References
- rug in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /r?uk/
Verb
rug
- past tense of beir
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