ronce

From Latin rumicem.

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔ̃s/

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ronce f (plural ronces)

1. (botany) bramble (Rubus fruticosus)
   • 1963, “Amour sans amour”, performed by Serge Gainsbourg:

     L’amour au hasard d’un regard / T’a effacée de ma mémoire / Du jardin que j’ai saccagé, / Dont les herbes se sont couchées, / Il ne reste rien, je le crains, / Que ronces mortes sans parfum ?

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2. (figurative) trouble, difficulty, problem

ronce

1. inflection of roncer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular present imperative

• ne pas avoir le cul sorti des ronces
• ne pas être sorti des ronces
• ronceux
• ronceraie

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

• corne, corné

ronce

1. vocative singular of roncus

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈronθe/ [ˈrõn̟.θe]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈronse/ [ˈrõn.se]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -onθe
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -onse
• Syllabification: ron‧ce

ronce

1. inflection of ronzar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative