rut
English
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Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French rut (“noise, roar, bellowing”), from Latin rugītus, from rugīre (“to roar”).
Noun
rut (plural ruts)
- (zoology) Sexual desire or oestrus of cattle, and various other mammals. [from early 15th c.]
- The noise made by deer during sexual excitement.
- Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote.
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Verb
rut (third-person singular simple present ruts, present participle rutting, simple past and past participle rutted)
- (intransitive) To be in the annual rut or mating season.
- (intransitive) To have sexual intercourse.
- (transitive, rare) To have sexual intercourse with.
- 2004, Bernard Cornwell, The Last Kingdom:
- “Alfred,” Ragnar continued scathingly. “All he cares about is rutting girls, which is good![…]”
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
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Etymology 2
Probably from Middle English route, from Middle French route (“road”). See also rutter.
Noun
rut (plural ruts)
- A furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground, as from the passage of many wheels along a road. [from 16th c.]
- (figurative) A fixed routine, procedure, line of conduct, thought or feeling. [from 19th c.]
- Synonym: routine
- (figurative) A dull routine.
- Dull job, no interests, no dates. He's really in a rut.
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Verb
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- (transitive) To make a furrow.
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Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- rot (southern Moselle Franconian)
Etymology
From Old High German rōt.
Pronunciation
Adjective
rut (masculine rude, feminine rut, comparative ruder, superlative et rutste)
- (Ripuarian, northern Moselle Franconian) red
French
Etymology
From Old French rut, ruit, inherited from Latin rugītus. Doublet of rugi, past participle of rugir.
Pronunciation
Noun
rut m (plural ruts)
- rut (sexual excitement)
Further reading
- “rut”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian
Alternative forms
Etymology
An onomatopoeia.
Pronunciation
Interjection
rut
- gobble (representation of the sound of a turkey; can be used repetitively)
- 1893, Kálmán Mikszáth, Az eladó birtok[1]:
- Csak az eperfa alatt sétálgató, felborzolt tollú pulyka kiabálta: rut, rut.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1954, Lőrinc Szabó, Falusi hangverseny (Village concert)[2]:
- Rút! Rút! Rút! / Föl is, le is út: / mérges Pulyka, te szereted / csak a háborút!
- Gobble! Gobble! Gobble! / Go away: / angry Turkey, only you like / war!
- xxxx, Csanádi Imre, Hangverseny (Concert)[3]:
- Pulyka mondja: rut, rut, rut! / Aki kapzsi, mindig rút!
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Vilamovian
Etymology
From Middle High German rōt (“red, red-haired”), from Old High German rōt (“red, scarlet, purple-red, brown-red, yellow-red”), akin to German rot, Old Saxon rōd, Old Dutch rōd (modern Dutch rood); from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.
Adjective
rūt
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