Complete Definition of "rue"

see|rué
English

Pronunciation
IPA|/ru:/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-u�|-u�

Etymology 1
Old English hreow|hr�ow, from Germanic. Cognate with Dutch rouw, German Reue; related to Etymology 2, below.

Noun
en-noun|-

  1. archaic repentance|Repentance, regret.
  2. archaic pity|Pity, compassion.

Etymology 2
Old English hreowan|hr�owan, from Germanic. Cognate with Dutch ruwen, German reuen.

Verb
en-verb|rues|ruing or rueing|rued

  1. obsolete transitive To make (someone) repent of sin or regret some past action.
  2. obsolete transitive To make (someone) feel sorrow or pity.
  3. transitive To repent or regret (some past action); to wish a past action undone.

#:I rued the day I crossed paths with her.

  1. archaic intransitive To feel compassion or pity.

#*Late C14: Madame, reweth upon my peynes smerte � Geoffrey Chaucer, �The Franklin's Tale�, Canterbury Tales

Etymology 3
wikipedia
Image:Ruta chalepensis11.jpg|thumb|Rue (plant)
From Old (and modern) French #French|rue, from Latin ruta, from Greek ῥ��ή.

Noun
en-noun

  1. Any of various perennial shrubs of the genus Ruta, especially the herb Ruta graveolens, formerly used in medicines.

Synonyms
garden rue
herb of grace

Translations
rfc-level|Translations at L3+ (AutoFormat? would have corrected level of Synonyms)

Danish: rude
Dutch: wijnruit
Estonian: ruud, aedruud
Finnish: ruuta, tuoksuruuta
French: rue odorante f, herbe de grâce f, Herbe à la belle Fille f
German: Raute, Weinraute, Gertrudenkraut, Gnadenkraut, Kreuzraute, Totenkraut, Gartenraute, Weinkraut
Hungarian: ruta, kerti ruta
Icelandic: rúturunni
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Italian: ruta f
Kannada: sadabu
Latin: Ruta graveolens (L.)
Norwegian: vinrute
Polish: ruta zwyczajna
Portuguese: arruda
Spanish: ruda
Swedish: vinruta
Turkish: sedef otu


French

Pronunciation
w:IPA|IPA: /�y/
w:SAMPA|SAMPA: /Ry/

Etymology 1
Latin ruga

Noun
rue f

  1. street, road

Etymology 2
Latin ruta

Noun
rue f

  1. rue (the plant)

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