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roue.

a wheel

4 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʁu/
  1. a wheel

    feminine
  2. the breaking wheel

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French ruee, from earlier rode, from Latin rota. The current form may have been influenced by rouer and rouelle. Doublet of rote, a borrowing from Medieval Latin.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.