rue
Any of various perennial shrubs of the genus Ruta, especially the herb Ruta…Any of various perennial shrubs of the genus Ruta, especially the herb Ruta graveolens (common rue), formerly used in medicines.
» You'll rue the day you wronged me.
Ты проклянёшь тот день, когда подло обошёлся со мной. — Ooneykcall
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3 senses(countable, uncountable)Any of various perennial shrubs of the genus Ruta, especially the herb Ruta graveolens (common rue), formerly used in medicines.
Raute
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(archaic, dialectal, uncountable)Sorrow; repentance; regret.
сожале́ниеsožalénije
жальžal'
(archaic, dialectal, uncountable)Pity; compassion.
сострада́ниеsostradánije
- (French) a street or road in France
- leaves sometimes used for flavoring fruit or claret cup but should be used with great caution: can cause irritation like poison ivy
- European strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy
- sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment
Examples
6 sentencesYou'll rue the day you wronged me.
ruТы проклянёшь тот день, когда подло обошёлся со мной. — Ooneykcall
I rue the day I met them.
I rue the day I crossed paths with this asshole.
ruЯ проклинаю тот день, когда судьба свела меня с этим ублюдком. — shanghainese
You will rue the day you crossed me!
Mark asked Jessica to ruing Skura's wedding.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English rewe, reowe, from Old English hrēow (“sorrow, regret, penitence, repenFrom Middle English rewe, reowe, from Old English hrēow (“sorrow, regret, penitence, repentance, penance”), from Proto-West Germanic *hreuwu (“pain, sadness, regret, repentance”). Cognates include German reuen (“to regret, to repent”) and Dutch rouwen (“to mourn, to grieve”).
From Middle English rue, from Anglo-Norman ruwe, Old French rue, from Latin rūta, from Ancient Greek ῥυτή (rhutḗ).
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Forms
plural: rues| Singular | rue |
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uncountable
Synonyms
57 synonyms- European strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy:herb of graceRuta graveolens
- sadness associated with some wrong done or some disappointment:sorrowregretruefulness
Word family
19 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.