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ruine

See also: Ruine, ruiné, and ruïne

English

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Noun

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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 […]

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French ruine, borrowed from Latin ruīna.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ruine f (plural ruines)

  1. ruin, wreck
  2. (finance) ruin

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Verb

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ruine

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

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Middle English

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Noun

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ruine

  1. Alternative form of ruyne

Old French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin ruīna.

Noun

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

  1. ruin (remnant of something that has been damaged or destroyed)
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Spanish

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Verb

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ruine

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