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strategem
English
Noun
strategem
- Misspelling of stratagem.
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ruse
English
Etymology
From Middle English r?se (“evasive movements of a pursued animal; circuitous course taken by a hunter to pursue a game animal”), from Old French rëuse, ruse (“evasive movements of a pursued animal; trickery”) (modern French ruse (“trick, ruse; cunning, guile”)), from ruser (“to use cunning, to be crafty, beguile”), possibly from Latin rursus (“backward; on the contrary; again, in return”) or Latin rec?s?re, from rec?s? (“to decline, refuse; to object to, protest, reject”).
The verb is derived from the noun. Compare Middle French ruser (“to use cunning, to be crafty, beguile”); see further above.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ro?oz, IPA(key): /?u?z/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?uz/
- Rhymes: -u?z
- Homophones: roos, rues
Noun
ruse (countable and uncountable, plural ruses)
- (countable, often hunting, archaic, rare) A turning or doubling back, especially of animals to get out of the way of hunting dogs.
- (countable, by extension) An action intended to deceive; a trick.
- Synonym: stratagem
- (uncountable) Cunning, guile, trickery.
Related terms
- ruse de guerre
- recuse
Translations
Verb
ruse (third-person singular simple present ruses, present participle rusing, simple past and past participle rused)
- (intransitive) To deceive or trick using a ruse.
- (intransitive, hunting, archaic, rare) Of an animal: to turn or double back to elude hunters or their hunting dogs.
Translations
References
Anagrams
- ERUs, Ersu, Reus, Rues, US'er, rues, suer, sure, ures, user
Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish ruse, from the same root as German Reuse (“fish-trap”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ru?s?/, [??o?s?]
Noun
ruse c (singular definite rusen, plural indefinite ruser)
- fish-trap
Inflection
Esperanto
Etymology
rusa (“Russian”) +? -e (adverbial suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ru.se/
Adverb
ruse
- in the Russian language
- in the manner of a Russian person
Related terms
- rusa (“Russian”)
- Rusio (“Russia”)
- ruso (“a Russian person”)
French
Etymology
From ruser.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?yz/
Noun
ruse f (plural ruses)
- (uncountable) cunning, guile
- ruse, trick
Further reading
- “ruse” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- rues, suer, sure, sûre, user
Middle English
Verb
ruse
- (Northern) Alternative form of rosen (“to boast”)
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?r??s?/
Etymology 1
Possibly from a Celtic word, from Gaulish rusca, from Proto-Celtic *r?skos (“bark”), possibly from earlier *rukskos, from Proto-Indo-European *h?rewk- (“to dig, till (soil)”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h?er- (“to move, stir, rise, quarrel”) or *Hrew- (“to tear out, dig out, open, acquire”).
Cognate with Danish ruse (“fish trap”), Swedish ryssja (“fish trap”) and German Reuse (“fish trap”).
Noun
ruse f or m (definite singular rusa or rusen, indefinite plural ruser, definite plural rusene)
- fish trap
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
ruse (imperative rus, present tense ruser, passive ruses, simple past rusa or ruset or ruste, past participle rusa or ruset or rust, present participle rusende)
- to rev an engine
- to rush
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
ruse (imperative rus, present tense ruser, passive ruses, simple past and past participle rusa or ruset, present participle rusende)
- (reflexive) To use illegal drugs
- to intoxicate
References
- “ruse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
ruse
- Alternative form of rusa
Old French
Etymology
Probably based on Latin rursus (“backwards”)
Noun
ruse f (oblique plural ruses, nominative singular ruse, nominative plural ruses)
- evasive movements of a pursued animal
- (by extension) trickery
- (by extension) dream; daydream; fantasy
- (by extension) lie; untruth
Descendants
- ? English: ruse
- French: ruse
Further reading
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ru.s?/
Adjective
ruse
- inflection of rusy:
- neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
- nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ruse/
Adjective
ruse f pl or n pl
- feminine plural of rus
- neuter plural of rus
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