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Webster 1913 Edition

Roue

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Rouˊé′

,
Noun.
[F., properly p. p. of
rouer
to break upon the wheel, fr.
roue
a wheel, L.
rota
. See
Rotate
,
Rotary
.]
One devoted to a life of sensual pleasure; a debauchee; a rake.

Definition 2024

roue

roue

See also: roué

Breton

Noun

roue ?

  1. king
  2. bass (fish)

French

Etymology

From Latin rota, from Proto-Indo-European *Hret- ‎(“to roll”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁu/
  • Homophone: roux
  • Rhymes: -u

Noun

roue f ‎(plural roues)

  1. A wheel.
    Une roue de vélo (bike wheel), une roue de secours (spare wheel)
    Roue de moulin: mill wheel.
    Roue dentée (or engrenage): toothed wheel, cogwheel
  2. An old torture, the penalty of the wheel: le supplice de la roue. See rouer.

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Manx

Pronoun

roue

  1. third-person plural of roish
    before them

Derived terms

  • rouesyn (emphatic)

Etymology

From Old Breton roe, from Old French roi. Akin to Cornish ruy, ruif, Welsh rhwyf, Irish rí, Scottish Gaelic rìgh, and Gaulish -rix, -rēx, from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, itself derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs ‎(“ruler, king”). Cognates include Sanskrit राज् ‎(rā́j, “king”), राजन् ‎(rājan), and Latin rēx ‎(“king”).

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