ruga
/ˈɹuː.ɡə/
ruga noun: a fold, crease or wrinkle.
Noun
ruga (plural rugae)
- A fold, crease or wrinkle.
- Female: Face subpolished, weakly rugose, rugae somewhat diverging, at sides sparsely and shallowly punctate; […]1980, Joseph Kenneth Jonathan, The Isotima-complex (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), page 83
- the deadly water-snakes coil’d together like the Rugæ of a single great Brain, the gray and even illumination from the Sky1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon
ruga meaning in Tamil and Kannada
ruga in Tamil
- சுருக்கம், மடிப்பு, மடிப்புப் பள்ளம்
ruga in Kannada
- ನಿರಿಗೆ, ಸುಕ್ಕು, ಏಣು
Forms of ruga
| plural | rugae |
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Origin of ruga
Borrowed from Latin rūga (“a crease in the face, wrinkle”).
Words formed from ruga
Words that rhyme with ruga
Questions about ruga
- What does ruga mean?
- Ruga means a fold, crease or wrinkle.
- What is ruga in Tamil?
- Ruga in Tamil is சுருக்கம், மடிப்பு, மடிப்புப் பள்ளம். See Ruga meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is ruga?
- Ruga is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ruga?
- Ruga is pronounced /ˈɹuː.ɡə/.
- What is the plural of ruga?
- The plural of ruga is rugae.
Words near ruga in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ruga (page history and authors); ruga (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ruga (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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