ruine

See also: Ruine, ruiné, and ruïne

English

Noun

ruine (countable and uncountable, plural ruines)

  1. Obsolete form of ruin.
    • 1678, John Collinges, Several Discourses Concerning the Actual Providence of God:
      Sin in its own nature tendeth to nothing, but the ruine and eternal destruction of a Soul []

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French ruine, borrowed from Latin ruīna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁɥin/
  • (file)
  • Homophones: ruinent, ruines

Noun

ruine f (plural ruines)

  1. ruin, wreck
  2. (finance) ruin

Derived terms

Verb

ruine

  1. inflection of ruiner:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Anagrams

Middle English

Noun

ruine

  1. Alternative form of ruyne

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ruīna.

Noun

ruine oblique singular, f (oblique plural ruines, nominative singular ruine, nominative plural ruines)

  1. ruin (remnant of something that has been damaged or destroyed)
  • ruinement
  • ruiner
  • ruineur
  • ruineus

Descendants

Spanish

Verb

ruine

  1. inflection of ruinar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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