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ruina

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See also: ruína, ruïna, ruiná, ruină, and ruiną

Asturian

Adjective

ruina

  1. feminine singular of ruin

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ruine.

Pronunciation

Noun

ruina f

  1. ruin

Declension

Declension of ruina (hard feminine)
More information singular, plural ...

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French

Pronunciation

  • Audio (France (Lyon)):(file)

Verb

ruina

  1. third-person singular past historic of ruiner

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ru.ìna/
  • Rhymes: -uìna
  • Hyphenation: ru‧ì‧na

Noun

ruina f (plural ruine)

  1. (archaic) alternative form of rovina

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Latin

Etymology

    From ruō (“I collapse”).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    ruīna f (genitive ruīnae); first declension

    1. a falling down, collapse, ruin, destruction
      Synonyms: dēstrūctiō, lētum, excidium, excidiō, dēmōlītiō, vāstātiō, devāstātiō, perniciēs, pestis, perditiō, exitium
    2. ruins, debris

    Declension

    First-declension noun.

    More information singular, plural ...

    Descendants

    • Catalan: ruïna
    • Friulian: ruvine
    • Italian: ruina, rovina
    • Occitan: roïna
    • >? Old Galician-Portuguese: roym
    • Piedmontese: ruin-a
    • Romansch: ruina, ruegna, ruigna
    • Sardinian: arruinu, orroghina, roghina
    • Sicilian: ruina
    • Venetan: roina, rovina, ruina
    Borrowings

    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
    • “ruina”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (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...)
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    Polish

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    Etymology

    Learned borrowing from Latin ruīna.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ruˈi.na/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -ina
    • Syllabification: ru‧i‧na

    Noun

    ruina f

    1. ruin (remains of destroyed construction)
    2. (colloquial) broken man, mess, train wreck (someone who is unbalanced and considered a mess; a disaster; one who is suffering personal ruin)
      Synonym: wrak

    Declension

    Declension of ruina
    More information singular, plural ...

    Derived terms

    noun
    • ruiny
    verbs

    Further reading

    • ruina in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • ruina in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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    Romanian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from French ruiner, from Latin ruinare.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

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

    1. to ruin

    Conjugation

        conjugation of ruina (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
    More information infinitive, gerund ...

    Derived terms

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    Spanish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈrwina/ [ˈrwi.na]
    • Rhymes: -ina
    • Syllabification: rui‧na

    Etymology 1

    Inherited from Latin ruina.

    Noun

    ruina f (plural ruinas)

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

    Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Verb

    ruina

    1. inflection of ruinar:
      1. third-person singular present indicative
      2. second-person singular imperative

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