ruer

French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *rutāre, based on the supine stem of Classical Latin ruo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁɥe/
  • 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)
present participle ruant
/ʁɥɑ̃/
past participle rué
/ʁɥe/
infinitive
simple ruer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple ruant
/ʁɥɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle 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 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

ruer f

  1. indefinite plural of rue
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