rute

See also: Rute and ruté

English

Two styles of cane rutes

Alternative forms

• ruthe

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rute (“rod, switch (slender woody plant stem)”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ro͞ot, IPA^(key): /ɹuːt/
• Rhymes: -uːt

Noun

rute (plural rutes)

1. (music) A bundle of thin sticks, typically made of wood, sometimes bond in such a way that binding can be moved so that it varies the tightness of the binding.

Usage notes

Some consider rutes to be a sub-type of brushes and not distinct.

Synonyms

• switch
• dowel

Related terms

• brush

Anagrams

• -uret, TRUE, True, true

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Asturian

Verb

(deprecated template usage) rute

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of rutar

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Italian

Noun

rute f

1. plural of ruta

Anagrams

• ture

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) rute

1. vocative masculine singular of rutus

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German rūte. Cognates include Danish rude and Swedish ruta

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾʉ̂ːte/

Noun

rute f or m (definite singular ruta or ruten, indefinite plural ruter, definite plural rutene)

1. square
2. pane (individual sheet of glass in a window)

Derived terms

• frontrute
• rutenett

Etymology 2

From French route, from Latin rupta (via)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾʉ̂ːte/

Noun

rute f or m (definite singular ruta or ruten, indefinite plural ruter, definite plural rutene)

1. route
2. timetable

Derived terms

Terms derived from rute (route)

• bussrute
• direkterute
• handelsrute

• rutebåt
• rutefly
• ruteplan

• rutetabell
• trikkerute

References

• “rute” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²rʉːtə/

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German rūte. Cognates include Danish rude and Swedish ruta.

Noun

rute f (definite singular ruta, indefinite plural ruter, definite plural rutene)

1. square
2. pane (individual sheet of glass in a window)

Derived terms

• frontrute
• rutenett

Etymology 2

From French route, from Latin rupta (via)

Noun

rute f (definite singular ruta, indefinite plural ruter, definite plural rutene)

1. route
2. timetable

Derived terms

Terms derived from rute (route)

• bussrute
• direkterute
• handelsrute

• rutebåt
• rutefly
• ruteplan

• rutetabell
• trikkerute

References

• “rute” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old French

Noun

rute oblique singular, f (oblique plural rutes, nominative singular rute, nominative plural rutes)

1. Alternative form of route