ruse

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French ruse (“evasive movements of a pursued animal”), with conflicting Latin origins.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ro͞oz, IPA: /ruːz/, X-SAMPA: /ru:z/
• Rhymes: -uːz
• Homophones: roos, rues

Noun

ruse (plural ruses)

1. a trick
2. guile

Derived terms

• ruse de guerre

Translations

trick

• Czech: úskok (cs) m, lest (cs) f
• Dutch: truc (nl) m, truuk (nl) m
• Finnish: temppu (fi)
• French: ruse (fr) f

• Portuguese: truque (pt) m, artimanha (pt) m
• Russian: уловка (ru) f (ulovka)
• Scottish Gaelic: innleachd (gd) f
• Spanish: truco (es) m, artimaña (es) f

guile

• Czech: úskočnost (cs) f
• Dutch: afleidingsmanoeuvre (nl) m and n, schijnbeweging (nl) f
• Finnish: juoni (fi)

• French: ruse (fr) f
• Scottish Gaelic: mealladh (gd)
• Spanish: astucia (es) f

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Translations to be checked

• Portuguese: truque, maracutaia
• Serbo-Croatian: smicalica f

Anagrams

• rues, sure, user

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Danish

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ruːsə/, [ˈʁoːsə]

Noun

ruse c (singular definite rusen, plural indefinite ruser)

1. fish-trap

Inflection

    Inflection of ruse

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	ruse	rusen	ruser	ruserne
genitive	ruses	rusens	rusers	rusernes

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Esperanto

Etymology

rusa (“Russian”) +‎ -e (adverbial suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈru.se/

Adverb

ruse

1. in the Russian language
2. in the manner of a Russian person

Related terms

• rusa (“Russian”)
• Rusio (“Russia”)
• ruso (“a Russian person”)

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French

Etymology

From ruser.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʁyz/

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Noun

ruse f (plural ruses)

1. (uncountable) cunning, guile
2. ruse, trick

Anagrams

• rues, suer, sure, sûre, user

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Norwegian

Verb

ruse (present tense ruser; past tense ruste; past participle rust)

1. To rev an engine
2. (reflexive) To use illegal drugs

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Old French

Noun

ruse f (oblique plural ruses, nominative singular ruse, nominative plural ruses)

1. evasive movements of a pursued animal
2. (by extension) trickery
3. (by extension) dream; daydream; fantasy
4. (by extension) lie; untruth

Descendants

• English: ruse (borrowed)
• French: ruse