roue

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈruːe/

Noun

roue m (plural rouanez)

1. king
2. bass (fish)

Franco-Provençal

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈruᵊ]

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

• IPA^(key): /ʁu/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophones: rouent, roues, roux
• Rhymes: -u

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

Derived terms

• cinquième roue du carrosse
• grande roue
• la roue tourne
• mettre des bâtons dans les roues
• patin à quatre roues
• patinage à roues alignées
• réinventer la roue
• rouage
• roue de secours
• roue en acier
• roue en alliage
• se mettre dans la roue (de quelqu’un)
• sur les chapeaux de roue
• vielle à roue

 

Related terms

• rôder, rond, rotatif, rotation, rotonde, rotule, rouelle, rouer, rouleau, rouler, roulette

Further reading

• “roue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• euro

Manx

Pronoun

roue

1. third-person plural of roish

   before them

Derived terms

• rouesyn (emphatic)