roue
See also: roué
English
editNoun
editroue (plural roues)
- Alternative spelling of roué
Breton
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Breton roe, from Proto-Celtic *ɸrēmos; 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
editNoun
editroue m (plural rouanez)
Franco-Provençal
editPronunciation
editNoun
editroue (plural roue) (Beaujolais, Graphie de Conflans)
References
edit- roue in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
French
editEtymology
editInherited 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
editNoun
editroue f (plural roues)
- 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
- the breaking wheel
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “roue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
editManx
editPronoun
editroue
Derived terms
edit- rouesyn (emphatic)
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