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Meaning of Wig | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
wɪɡ

Definitions

  1. 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.
  2. A bigwig.
  3. Among fishermen, an old seal.
    dated

Equivalents

العربية الباروكة باروكة شَعْر مُسْتَعَار
Azərbaycanca parik
Беларуская парык
Български перука
Bosanski perika vlasulja власуља перика
Català perruca
Čeština paruka
Cymraeg wig
Dansk paryk
Deutsch Perücke
Ελληνικά περούκα
Esperanto peruko
Español cabellar cabellarse peluca
Eesti parukas
Euskara ileorde
فارسی کلاه‌گیس
Suomi irtotukka peruukki
Français perruque
Gaeilge bréagfholt
עברית פאה פאה נוכרית
Hrvatski perika vlasulja власуља перика
Magyar paróka
Հայերեն կեղծամ
Bahasa Indonesia cemara
Íslenska hárkolla
Italiano parrucca
日本語 ウィッグ 仮髪 鬘
ქართული პარიკი
한국어 가발 덧머리
Kurdî perûk
Latina capillamentum
Lëtzebuergesch Parréck
ລາວ ຊ່ອງ ຊ້ອງຜົມ
Lietuvių perukas
Latviešu parūka
Македонски перика
Bahasa Melayu rambut palsu
မြန်မာဘာသာ ဆံပင်တု
Nederlands pruik
Polski peruka
Português peruca
Română perucă
Русский парик
Slovenčina parochňa
Српски perika vlasulja власуља перика
Svenska peruk
Kiswahili wigi
ไทย ผมปลอม วิก
Türkmençe parik
Tagalog peluka
Türkçe peruk peruka
Oʻzbekcha parik

Examples

“Ye’ve been grossly deceived and put upon, Milly, and it’s my belief his old ruffian of an uncle in a wig is in the plot against us.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

wig and falsies wig block wig cap wig head wig out wig tree

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