ruer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *rutāre, based on the supine stem of Classical Latin ruō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɥe/

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• 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)

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		–	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 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

• ruer dans les brancards

Related terms

• ruée

Further reading

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

ruer f

1. indefinite plural of rue