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Afrikaans[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Dutch ruit, from Middle Dutch rute.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ruit (plural ruite)
- (geometry) The shape rhombus, an equilateral parallelogram
- A glass panel (as) in a window; hence, the whole window
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Dutch rute, of uncertain origin. Compare German Raute. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun[edit]
ruit f (plural ruiten, diminutive ruitje n)
- (geometry)
- The shape rhombus, an equilateral parallelogram
- (heraldry) A lozenge
- (card games) A diamond; mostly used in the plural: ruiten, for that card suit
- A glass panel (as) in a window; hence, the whole window
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Descendants[edit]
- Afrikaans: ruit
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle Dutch rute, from Latin rūta, from Ancient Greek ῥυτή (rhutḗ).
Noun[edit]
ruit f (plural ruiten, diminutive ruitje n)
- (botany)
- A plant of the genus Ruta; rue.
- One of a number of similar plants, notably the related Thalictrum flava.
- (rare) Any weed.
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Etymology 3[edit]
Verb[edit]
ruit
- inflection of ruien:
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Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈru.it/, [ˈruɪt̪]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈru.it/, [ˈruːit̪]
Verb[edit]
ruit
Old French[edit]
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Noun[edit]
ruit oblique singular, m (oblique plural ruiz or ruitz, nominative singular ruiz or ruitz, nominative plural ruit)
- rut (period of sexual excitement in an animal)
- c. 1170, Christian of Troyes, Yvain ou le Chevalier au Lion:
- Con s'i cachast un cherf de ruit.
- As if he were chasing a rutting buck.
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