roue

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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-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)

  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, from Proto-Indo-European *Hret- (“to roll”). 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

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