rouer

== French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʁwe/ Rhymes: -we === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Latin rotāre. Doublet of rôder, a borrowing from Provençal. ==== Verb ==== rouer (transitive) to curl up, roll up (intransitive) to roll (of e.g. birds, to spin in the air) ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Related terms ===== roue === Etymology 2 === From roue +‎ -er. ==== Verb ==== rouer (transitive) to beat upon the breaking wheel (transitive) to run over (squash by driving over) (transitive) to abuse, beat (subject to a beating) ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== rouer de coups === Further reading === “rouer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012