hairpiece

English

Etymology

From hair +‎ piece.

Pronunciation

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Noun

hairpiece (plural hairpieces)

1. 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

false substitute for a person's hair

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 髮片／发片

• Esperanto: peruko
• Finnish: tekotukka (fi), peruukki (fi)
• French: perruque (fr) f
• German: Haarteil n
• Ido: peruko (io)
• Italian: parrucca (it) f
• Polish: tresa (pl) f, treska (pl) f
• Russian: пари́к (ru) m (parík)
• Turkish: takma saç (tr), peruk (tr), peruka (tr)

See also

• merkin