ruutu

ruutu (genitive ruutu, partitive ruutut)

1. (card games) diamond, diamonds

• ruut

• ruutu in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

• IPA^(key): /ˈruːtu/, [ˈruːt̪u]
• Rhymes: -uːtu
• Syllabification^(key): ruu‧tu
• Hyphenation^(key): ruu‧tu

Borrowed from Swedish ruta, from Middle Low German rūte, from Old High German rūta (compare German Raute, Dutch ruit), possibly from Latin rūta (“rue”).

ruutu

1. square, rectangle, rhombus (any convex shape with four equally long sides the opposite sides of which are parallel; not a mathematical term)

   Near-synonym: neliö (“square (in mathematics or geometry)”)

2. box (a small square on a form that may e.g. be checked)
3. hash, square, pound sign (#-symbol)
4. screen (informational viewing area of electronic output devices)

   TV-ruutu ― TV screen

5. pane (individual sheet of glass in a window)
6. check (a square or rectangular in a checkered pattern)

   Pöytäliinassa oli punaisia ja valkoisia ruutuja.

   The tablecloth had red and white checks.

7. hopscotch, hoppers (child's game)
8. frame (of video; division of time on a multimedia timeline)

   Synonyms: kuva, kuvaruutu

9. (heraldry) fusil, lozenge
10. (graphical user interface) pane
11. panel (in comics)

• (pane): ikkunaruutu

• → Ingrian: ruuto

Borrowed from Swedish ruter, from Danish ruder, from the same Germanic source as ruutu (etymology 1), a semantic loan from French carreau (diamonds are an original French suit).

ruutu

1. (card games) diamond, diamonds

• → Ingrian: ruuto

• “ruutu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 January 2024