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rue
English
Alternative forms
- rewe (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?u?/
- Rhymes: -u?
- Homophones: roo, roux
Etymology 1
From Middle English rewe, reowe, from Old English hr?ow (“sorrow, regret, penitence, repentance, penance”), from Proto-West Germanic *hreuwu (“pain, sadness, regret, repentance”).
Noun
rue (uncountable)
- (archaic or dialectal) Sorrow; repentance; regret.
- (archaic or dialectal) Pity; compassion.
Derived terms
- rue-bargain
- rueful
- ruefully
- ruefulness
- ruesome
- ruly
- ruth
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English rewen, ruwen, ruen, reowen, from Old English hr?owan (“to rue; make sorry; grieve”), perhaps influenced by Old Norse hryggja (“to distress, grieve”), from Proto-Germanic *hrewwan? (“to sadden; repent”).
Verb
rue (third-person singular simple present rues, present participle ruing or rueing, simple past and past participle rued)
- (obsolete, transitive) To cause to repent of sin or regret some past action.
- (obsolete, transitive) To cause to feel sorrow or pity.
- (transitive) To repent of or regret (some past action or event); to wish that a past action or event had not taken place.
- (archaic, intransitive) To feel compassion or pity.
- Late 14th century Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklin's Tale’, Canterbury Tales
- Madame, reweth upon my peynes smerte
- 1842, Nicholas Ridley, The Life of Nicholas Ridley
- which stirred men's hearts to rue upon them
- Late 14th century Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklin's Tale’, Canterbury Tales
- (archaic, intransitive) To feel sorrow or regret.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, The Death of the Old Year
- Old year, we'll dearly rue for you.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, The Death of the Old Year
Usage notes
- Often used in the collocation “rue the day”.
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English rue, from Anglo-Norman ruwe, Old French rue, from Latin r?ta, from Ancient Greek ???? (rhut?).
Noun
rue (plural rues)
- Any of various perennial shrubs of the genus Ruta, especially the herb Ruta graveolens (common rue), formerly used in medicines.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.2:
- But th'aged Nourse, her calling to her bowre, / Had gathered Rew, and Savine, and the flowre / Of Camphora, and Calamint, and Dill [...].
- c. 1600, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 5, Ophelia:
- There’s fennel for you, and columbines: there’s rue for you; and here’s some for me: we may call it herb-grace o' Sundays: O you must wear your rue with a difference.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.2:
Derived terms
- common rue, garden rue (Ruta graveolens)
- goat's rue (Galega officinalis)
- rue anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides)
- Syrian rue (Peganum harmala)
- wall rue (Asplenium ruta-muraria)
Translations
Further reading
- rue on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- -ure, ERU, EUR, Eur., Ure, eur-, eur., ure
Chuukese
Numeral
rue
- twenty
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?y/
Etymology 1
From Old French rue, developed figuratively from Latin r?ga (“wrinkle”).
Noun
rue f (plural rues)
- street, road
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old French rue, rude, from Latin r?ta, from Ancient Greek ???? (rhut?).
Noun
rue f (plural rues)
- rue (the plant)
Etymology 3
From ruer
Verb
rue
- first-person singular present indicative of ruer
- third-person singular present indicative of ruer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of ruer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of ruer
- second-person singular imperative of ruer
Further reading
- “rue” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Kabuverdianu
Verb
rue
- gossip
References
- Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, ?ISBN
Latin
Verb
rue
- second-person singular present active imperative of ru?
Middle English
Alternative forms
- ruwe, rwe, rewe, reuwe, rew
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman ruwe, from Latin r?ta, from Ancient Greek ???? (rhut?).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?riu?(?)/
- Rhymes: -iu?(?)
Noun
rue
- A kind of plant belonging to the genus Ruta; rue.
- (rare) meadow-rue (plants in the genus Thalictrum)
Descendants
- English: rue
- Scots: rew
References
- “r?e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-7.
Norman
Etymology
From Old French rue, developed figuratively from Latin ruga (“wrinkle”).
Pronunciation
Noun
rue f (plural rues)
- (Jersey, Guernsey) road, street
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- ruve
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²r???/
Noun
rue f (definite singular rua, indefinite plural ruer, definite plural ruene)
- a pile, heap
- a lump of manure, particularly from a cow
Synonyms
- ruke
Further reading
- “rue” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
Alternative forms
- rude
Etymology
From Latin r?ta, from Ancient Greek ???? (rhut?).
Noun
rue f (oblique plural rues, nominative singular rue, nominative plural rues)
- rue (plant)
Descendants
- ? Middle English: rue
- English: rue
- French: rue
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (rue, supplement)
- rue on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Venetian
Noun
rue
- plural of rua
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boulevard
English
Etymology
From French boulevard, from Middle French boulevard, bollevart, boulevars, bolevers, bollewerc (“promenade, avenue, rampart”), from Middle High German bolewerc, bolwerc (modern German Bollwerk) or Middle Dutch bolwerk (“bulwark, bastion”). Doublet of bulwark; more at bole, work.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?bu?.l??v??d/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /?b?l?v??d/
Noun
boulevard (plural boulevards)
- A broad, well-paved and landscaped thoroughfare.
- The landscaping on the sides of a boulevard or other thoroughfare.
Derived terms
- (abbreviation): blvd., blvd, bd., bd, bl
Related terms
- boulevardier
- bulwark (doublet)
Translations
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from French boulevard, borrowed from Middle Dutch bolwerk (“bulwark, bastion”). Doublet of bolværk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [b?ul?????d?]
Noun
boulevard
- boulevard
Declension
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French boulevard, from Middle French bolevard, from Middle Dutch bolwerc (modern Dutch bolwerk).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bu.l??va?r/
- Hyphenation: bou?le?vard
Noun
boulevard m (plural boulevards, diminutive boulevardje n)
- boulevard
Derived terms
- meubelboulevard
- woonboulevard
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: bulevar
French
Etymology
From Middle French boulevard, bollevart, boulevars, bolevers, bollewerc (“promenade, avenue, rampart”), from Middle High German bolewerc, bolwerc (modern German Bollwerk) or Middle Dutch bolwerk (“bulwark, bastion”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bul.va?/
Noun
boulevard m (plural boulevards)
- causeway
- boulevard
Derived terms
- (abbreviation): (Europe): bd, Bd, bld, brd, bvd; (Québec): boul., boul
Descendants
- ? Spanish: bulevar
- ? Turkish: bulvar
Further reading
- “boulevard” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
References
Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Norman
Etymology
From Old French bollevart (“promenade, avenue, rampart”), from German Bollwerk or Middle Dutch.
Noun
boulevard m (plural boulevards)
- (Jersey) bulwark
Spanish
Etymology
From French boulevard. Doublet of baluarte.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bule?ba?d/, [bu.le???a?ð?]
Noun
boulevard m (plural boulevards)
- boulevard
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