English

Noun

roué ‎(plural roués)

1. A debauched or lecherous person.
   • 2005, Richard Brooks and Stuart Wavell, "Rumpole takes a great big spanking", The Sunday Times, August 14, 2005:

     The old roué, twice married and patriarch of an extended family, never concealed the fact that he was “a ladies’ man”.

Synonyms

• rake

Translations

Anagrams

• Euro, euro

French

Etymology

Past participle of rouer to break upon a wheel or to beat harshly, from the belief that such individuals deserve such a punishment. Rouer derives from the Latin rota ‎(“wheel”), from Proto-Indo-European *ret- ‎(“to run, to roll”).

Noun

roué m ‎(plural roués, feminine rouée)

1. A roué, a debauched or lecherous person

Verb

roué m ‎(feminine singular rouée, masculine plural roués, feminine plural rouées)

1. past participle of rouer

Anagrams

• euro

Norman

Alternative forms

• rouai (Jersey)
• rwe (Sark)

Etymology

From Old French roi, from Latin rēx, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs ‎(“ruler, king”).

Noun

roué m ‎(plural roués)

1. (France) king

Coordinate terms

• ranne ‎(“queen”)

Related terms

• reyoume ‎(“kingdom”)