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See also: roué

English

Noun

roue (plural roues)

  1. 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 , Scottish Gaelic rìgh, and Gaulish -rix, -rēx.

Pronunciation

Noun

roue m (plural rouanez)

  1. king
  2. bass (fish)

Franco-Provençal

Pronunciation

Noun

roue (plural roue) (Beaujolais, Graphie de Conflans)

  1. alternative form of roua (wheel)

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.

Doublet of rote, a borrowing from Medieval Latin.

Pronunciation

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. the breaking wheel

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Manx

Pronoun

roue

  1. third-person plural of roish
    before them

Derived terms

  • rouesyn (emphatic)

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