Where the Romanian word “ruină” comes from
From French.
- DEX ’98 says
- Homonym 1 (pl. -e):
Din fr. ruine, lat. ruina.
→ French · DEX '98 - Homonym 2 (pl. -i):
Din fr. ruine, lat. ruina.
→ French · DEX '98 - Homonym 3 (pl -uri):
Din fr. ruine, lat. ruina.
→ French · DEX '98 - Wiktionary says
- French (same language)
- The route, according to Wiktionary
- French ruine ← Latin ruīna
- In film dialogue
- 11 times per million words · number 3,859 among spoken words
- In Wikipedia
- 60 times per million words
- In Romanian prose, per million words
1825–1849 1850–1874 1875–1899 1900–1924 1925–1949 85 68 44 82 30 - Swap in a synonym
- distrugere (Made in Romanian), dezastru (French), stricat (Made in Romanian), ruinat (Made in Romanian), dărâmătură (Made in Romanian), sărăcire (Made in Romanian), dărăpănat (Made in Romanian)
Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card
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