ronce

From Latin rumicem, accusative of rumex.

• 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. (figuratively) trouble, difficulty, problem

ronce

1. first-person singular present indicative of roncer
2. third-person singular present indicative of roncer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of roncer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of roncer
5. second-person singular present imperative of roncer

• “ronce” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• corne, corné

ronce

1. vocative singular of roncus

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /ˈronθe/, [ˈrõn̟θe]
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /ˈronse/, [ˈrõnse]

ronce

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of ronzar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of ronzar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of ronzar.