rouer

See also: Rouer

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁwe/
• Rhymes: -we

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin rotāre. Doublet of rôder, a borrowing from Provençal.

Verb

rouer

1. (transitive) to curl up, roll up
2. (intransitive) to roll (of e.g. birds, to spin in the air)

Conjugation

Conjugation of rouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	rouer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	rouant /ʁwɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		roué /ʁwe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	roue /ʁu/	roues /ʁu/	roue /ʁu/	rouons /ʁwɔ̃/	rouez /ʁwe/	rouent /ʁu/
	imperfect	rouais /ʁwɛ/	rouais /ʁwɛ/	rouait /ʁwɛ/	rouions /ʁu.jɔ̃/	rouiez /ʁu.je/	rouaient /ʁwɛ/
	past historic2	rouai /ʁwe/	rouas /ʁwa/	roua /ʁwa/	rouâmes /ʁwam/	rouâtes /ʁwat/	rouèrent /ʁwɛʁ/
	future	rouerai /ʁu.ʁe/	roueras /ʁu.ʁa/	rouera /ʁu.ʁa/	rouerons /ʁu.ʁɔ̃/	rouerez /ʁu.ʁe/	roueront /ʁu.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	rouerais /ʁu.ʁɛ/	rouerais /ʁu.ʁɛ/	rouerait /ʁu.ʁɛ/	rouerions /ʁu.ʁjɔ̃/	roueriez /ʁu.ʁje/	roueraient /ʁu.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	roue /ʁu/	roues /ʁu/	roue /ʁu/	rouions /ʁu.jɔ̃/	rouiez /ʁu.je/	rouent /ʁu/
	imperfect2	rouasse /ʁwas/	rouasses /ʁwas/	rouât /ʁwa/	rouassions /ʁwa.sjɔ̃/	rouassiez /ʁwa.sje/	rouassent /ʁwas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	roue /ʁu/	—	rouons /ʁwɔ̃/	rouez /ʁwe/	—
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).

Related terms

• roue

Etymology 2

From roue +‎ -er.

Verb

rouer

1. (transitive) to beat upon the breaking wheel
2. (transitive) to run over (squash by driving over)
3. (transitive) to abuse, beat (subject to a beating)

Conjugation

Conjugation of rouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	rouer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	rouant /ʁwɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		roué /ʁwe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	roue /ʁu/	roues /ʁu/	roue /ʁu/	rouons /ʁwɔ̃/	rouez /ʁwe/	rouent /ʁu/
	imperfect	rouais /ʁwɛ/	rouais /ʁwɛ/	rouait /ʁwɛ/	rouions /ʁu.jɔ̃/	rouiez /ʁu.je/	rouaient /ʁwɛ/
	past historic2	rouai /ʁwe/	rouas /ʁwa/	roua /ʁwa/	rouâmes /ʁwam/	rouâtes /ʁwat/	rouèrent /ʁwɛʁ/
	future	rouerai /ʁu.ʁe/	roueras /ʁu.ʁa/	rouera /ʁu.ʁa/	rouerons /ʁu.ʁɔ̃/	rouerez /ʁu.ʁe/	roueront /ʁu.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	rouerais /ʁu.ʁɛ/	rouerais /ʁu.ʁɛ/	rouerait /ʁu.ʁɛ/	rouerions /ʁu.ʁjɔ̃/	roueriez /ʁu.ʁje/	roueraient /ʁu.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	roue /ʁu/	roues /ʁu/	roue /ʁu/	rouions /ʁu.jɔ̃/	rouiez /ʁu.je/	rouent /ʁu/
	imperfect2	rouasse /ʁwas/	rouasses /ʁwas/	rouât /ʁwa/	rouassions /ʁwa.sjɔ̃/	rouassiez /ʁwa.sje/	rouassent /ʁwas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	roue /ʁu/	—	rouons /ʁwɔ̃/	rouez /ʁwe/	—
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).

Derived terms

• rouer de coups

Further reading

• “rouer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.