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# rouge

«rouge» in Mova's school dictionary: **«red» in French: «une pomme rouge» is «a red apple»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (rouge — uncountable); adjective (French «rouge» = red); verb (rouge — rare)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (French) «Rouge» means «red» in French: «une pomme rouge» is «a red apple». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rouge/#m1)

2) Rouge is red or pink make-up powder or cream put on the cheeks, now usually called «blusher» or «blush». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rouge/#m2)

3) In the game of roulette, «rouge» means red. To an English ear it sounds like «roozh». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rouge/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In French lessons «rouge» is one of the colours learnt early, with «bleu», «vert», «jaune» and «noir». In English the make-up meaning is old-fashioned. In history and place names, «Moulin Rouge» (red windmill) is a famous Paris theatre; «Baton Rouge» (red stick) is a city in the USA. In French, colour words usually come after the noun.

### examples

- In French, «rouge» means «red». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rouge/#x1)
- «Le drapeau est bleu, blanc et rouge» means «the flag is blue, white and red». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rouge/#x2)
- Grandma put a little rouge on her cheeks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rouge/#x3)
- The actor's cheeks were painted with rouge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rouge/#x4)
- Baton Rouge is a city in Louisiana. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rouge/#x5)
- «Rouge» sounds like «roozh». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rouge/#x6)
- In French we say «un crayon rouge» — the colour goes after the noun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rouge/#x7)
- Nevertheless she wore rouge and patches, a mantle of silver brocade and a crown of diamonds, and her dress was covered with jewels, and green and pink ribbons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rouge/#x8)

### note

As «red», French, not English. As make-up it is an English word, uncountable: «some rouge». Do not confuse with «rogue» (a dishonest or naughty person) — the letters are swapped.

### In the corpora

- [Hair has its own words: a girl with dark hair is brune, and ginger hair is roux or rousse, never rouge.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/9-colours/4/)
- [rouge means red and already ends in e: une pomme rouge, un camion rouge.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/9-colours/15/)
- [un poisson rouge means a goldfish, word for word "a red fish".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/15-pets-and-animals/7/)
- [A noun keeps its gender every time: une pomme verte et une pomme rouge.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/27-adjectives-after-the-noun-and-agreeing/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rouge» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rouge/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.