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roue
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See also: roué
English
Noun
roue (plural roues)
- Alternative spelling of roué.
Breton
Etymology
From Middle Breton roe, from Proto-Brythonic *rruɨβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *ɸreimos; akin to Old Cornish ruy (whence Cornish ruw) and Welsh rhwyf (“king, leader”).
Replaced Old Breton ri, which was akin to Middle Welsh rhi, Irish rí, Scottish Gaelic rìgh, and Gaulish -rix, -rēx.
Pronunciation
Noun
roue m (plural rouanez)
Franco-Provençal
Pronunciation
Noun
roue (plural roue) (Beaujolais, Graphie de Conflans)
References
- roue in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French ruee, from earlier rode, from Latin rota. The current form may have been influenced by rouer and rouelle.
Pronunciation
Noun
roue f (plural roues)
- 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
- the breaking wheel
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “roue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Manx
Pronoun
roue
Derived terms
- rouesyn (emphatic)
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