ruine
English
Noun
ruine (countable and uncountable, plural ruines)
- 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
From Old French ruine, borrowed from Latin ruīna.
Pronunciation
Noun
ruine f (plural ruines)
Verb
ruine
- first-person singular present indicative of ruiner
- third-person singular present indicative of ruiner
- first-person singular present subjunctive of ruiner
- third-person singular present subjunctive of ruiner
- second-person singular imperative of ruiner
Further reading
- “ruine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Middle English
Noun
ruine
- Alternative form of ruyne
Old French
Etymology
Noun
ruine oblique singular, f (oblique plural ruines, nominative singular ruine, nominative plural ruines)
- ruin (remnant of something that has been damaged or destroyed)
Related terms
Descendants
- → Middle English: ruyne, ruyen, ruine, ruynne, rewen, ruyn, ruene, ruen, rueyne
- Middle French: ruyne
- French: ruine
Spanish
Verb
ruine
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