ruer
French
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *rutāre, based on the supine stem of Classical Latin ruō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁɥe/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɥe
Verb
ruer
- (transitive, of a horse) to kick with its hind legs
- (transitive, dated) to hurl
- (intransitive, dated) to struggle, fight
- (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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “ruer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
ruer f
- indefinite plural of rue