roue

Etymology

From Middle Breton roe, from Middle French roi. Akin to Cornish ruy, also from Middle French. Replaced Old Breton ri; akin to Middle Welsh rhi, Irish rí, Scottish Gaelic rìgh, and Gaulish -rix, -rēx, from Proto-Celtic *rīxs, itself derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”). Cognates include Sanskrit राज् (rā́j, “king”), राजन् (rājan), and Latin rēx (“king”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈruːe/

Noun

roue m (plural rouanez)

1. king
2. bass (fish)

Etymology

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/

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• Homophone: 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.

Further reading

• “roue” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

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Pronoun

roue

1. third-person plural of roish

   before them