Czech

Noun

ruina f

1. ruin

Related terms

• ruinovat
• zruinovat

French

Verb

ruina

1. third-person singular past historic of ruiner

Anagrams

• nuira
• unira
• urina

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruˈina/, [r̺uˈiː.n̺a]
• Hyphenation: ru‧i‧na

Noun

ruina f ‎(plural ruine)

1. Archaic form of rovina.

Latin

Etymology

From ruō ‎(“I collapse”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ruˈiː.na/, [rʊˈiː.na]

Noun

ruīna f ‎(genitive ruīnae); first declension

1. a falling down, collapse, ruin, destruction
2. ruins, debris

Inflection

First declension.

Related terms

• corruō
• ruō
• ruinō

Descendants

References

• ruina in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ruina in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ruina”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the house threatens to fall in (vid. sect. X. 5, note 'Threaten'...): domus ruina impendet
    
  • the house suddenly fell in ruins: domus subita ruina collapsa est
    
  • a breach: iter ruina patefactum
    
  • a breach: patentia ruinis (vid. XII. 1, note ruina...)
    

Polish

Noun

ruina f

1. ruin

Related terms

• ruiny
• rujnować
• zrujnować

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin ruinare, French ruiner.

Verb

a ruina ‎(third-person singular present ruinează, past participle ruinat) 1st conj.

1. to ruin

Conjugation

Derived terms

• ruinare
• ruinat

Related terms

• ruină

Spanish

Noun

ruina f ‎(plural ruinas)

1. ruin, decay, wreck (also figurative)
2. decline, downfall
3. (plural) ruins

Related terms

• arruinar
• ruinoso

Verb

ruina

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of ruinar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of ruinar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of ruinar.