ruer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *rutāre, based on the supine stem of Classical Latin ruō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁɥe/
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  • Rhymes: -ɥe

Verb

ruer

  1. (transitive, of a horse) to kick with its hind legs
  2. (transitive, dated) to hurl
  3. (intransitive, dated) to struggle, fight
  4. (reflexive, by extension) to mob, jump on

Conjugation
Conjugation of ruer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple ruer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple ruant
/ʁɥɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle rué
/ʁɥe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present rue
/ʁy/		 rues
/ʁy/		 rue
/ʁy/		 ruons
/ʁɥɔ̃/		 ruez
/ʁɥe/		 ruent
/ʁy/
imperfect ruais
/ʁɥɛ/		 ruais
/ʁɥɛ/		 ruait
/ʁɥɛ/		 ruions
/ʁy.jɔ̃/		 ruiez
/ʁy.je/		 ruaient
/ʁɥɛ/
past historic2 ruai
/ʁɥe/		 ruas
/ʁɥa/		 rua
/ʁɥa/		 ruâmes
/ʁɥam/		 ruâtes
/ʁɥat/		 ruèrent
/ʁɥɛʁ/
future ruerai
/ʁy.ʁe/		 rueras
/ʁy.ʁa/		 ruera
/ʁy.ʁa/		 ruerons
/ʁy.ʁɔ̃/		 ruerez
/ʁy.ʁe/		 rueront
/ʁy.ʁɔ̃/
conditional ruerais
/ʁy.ʁɛ/		 ruerais
/ʁy.ʁɛ/		 ruerait
/ʁy.ʁɛ/		 ruerions
/ʁy.ʁjɔ̃/		 rueriez
/ʁy.ʁje/		 rueraient
/ʁy.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present rue
/ʁy/		 rues
/ʁy/		 rue
/ʁy/		 ruions
/ʁy.jɔ̃/		 ruiez
/ʁy.je/		 ruent
/ʁy/
imperfect2 ruasse
/ʁɥas/		 ruasses
/ʁɥas/		 ruât
/ʁɥa/		 ruassions
/ʁɥa.sjɔ̃/		 ruassiez
/ʁɥa.sje/		 ruassent
/ʁɥas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — rue
/ʁy/		 — ruons
/ʁɥɔ̃/		 ruez
/ʁɥe/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Further reading

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Noun

ruer f

  1. indefinite plural of rue
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