rude
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
From Middle English rude, from Old French rude, ruide, from Latin rudis (“rough, raw, rude, wild, untilled”).
=== Pronunciation ===
enPR: ro͞od
(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹuːd/
(General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ɹud/
(Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ɹʉːd/
Rhymes: -uːd
Homophones: rood, rued
=== Adjective ===
rude (comparative ruder, superlative rudest)
Lacking in refinement or civility; bad-mannered; discourteous.
Lacking refinement or skill; untaught; ignorant; raw.
Violent; abrupt; turbulent.
Somewhat obscene, pornographic, offensive.
Undeveloped, unskilled, inelegant.
Hearty, vigorous; found particularly in the phrase rude health.
Crudely made; primitive.
(MLE, slang) Good, awesome.
(MLE, slang) Sexy, hot, overtly attractive.
==== Synonyms ====
(bad-mannered): ill-mannered, uncouth; see Thesaurus:impolite
(obscene, pornographic, offensive): adult, blue; see also Thesaurus:obscene or Thesaurus:pornographic
(undeveloped): primitive; see Thesaurus:crude
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
==== Translations ====
==== Further reading ====
“rude”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “rude”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
“rude”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
=== Anagrams ===
Duer, dure, rued, urdé, ured
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Latin rudis.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈru.ðə]
IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈru.ðe]
=== Adjective ===
rude m or f (masculine and feminine plural rudes)
uncultured, rough
==== Derived terms ====
rudement
rudesa
=== Further reading ===
“rude”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
== Danish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ruːdə/, [ˈʁuːðə]
Rhymes: -uːðə
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Middle Low German rūte, from Old High German rūta (German Raute (“rhomb”)), probably from Latin rūta (“rue”).
==== Noun ====
rude c (singular definite ruden, plural indefinite ruder)
pane
window
square
lozenge, diamond
===== Inflection =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
From late Old Norse rúta, from Middle Low German rūde, from Latin rūta (“rue”).
==== Noun ====
rude c (singular definite ruden, plural indefinite ruder)
(botany) rue (various perennial shrubs of the genus Ruta)
===== Inflection =====
=== See also ===
ruder
rude on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Rude-familien on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
== French ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old French rude, a borrowing from Latin rudis (“unwrought”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ʁyd/
=== Adjective ===
rude (plural rudes)
rough, harsh
March 28 1757, Robert-François Damiens, facing a horrific execution
"La journée sera rude." ("The day will be rough.")
tough, hard; severe
bitter, harsh, sharp (of weather)
crude, unpolished
hardy, tough, rugged
(informal) formidable, fearsome
==== Derived terms ====
esprit rude
mettre à rude épreuve
rudement
=== Further reading ===
“rude”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
=== Anagrams ===
dure, duré, redû
== Friulian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin rūta, from Ancient Greek ῥυτή (rhutḗ).
=== Noun ===
rude f (plural rudis)
rue, common rue (Ruta graveolens)
== Galician ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin rudis, rudem.
=== Adjective ===
rude
tough
rough, coarse
=== References ===
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rude”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
== Italian ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Latin rudis.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈru.de/
Rhymes: -ude
Hyphenation: rù‧de
=== Adjective ===
rude m or f by sense (plural rudi)
tough
rough, coarse
==== Derived terms ====
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
rude in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
rude in internazionale.it – Dizionario Italiano di Internazionale – Il Nuovo di Mauro
=== Anagrams ===
dure
== Latin ==
=== Adjective ===
rude
nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of rudis
=== References ===
"rude", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
== Middle English ==
=== Verb ===
rude
alternative form of rudden
== Norman ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin rudis.
=== Adjective ===
rude m or f
(Jersey) rough
==== Derived terms ====
rudement
== Old English ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-West Germanic *rūtā (“rue”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈruː.de/
Rhymes: -uː.de
=== Noun ===
rūde f
rue (plants in the genus Ruta)
==== Declension ====
Weak n-stem:
== Polish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈru.dɛ/
Rhymes: -udɛ
Syllabification: ru‧de
Homophone: rudę
=== Adjective ===
rude
inflection of rudy:
neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin rudis.
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: (Brazil) -ud͡ʒi, (Portugal) -udɨ
Hyphenation: ru‧de
=== Adjective ===
rude m or f (plural rudes)
rude; bad-mannered
Synonyms: brusco, grosseiro, mal-educado
=== Further reading ===
“rude”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“rude”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Romanian ==
=== Noun ===
rude f pl
plural of rudă
== Serbo-Croatian ==
=== Adjective ===
rude (Cyrillic spelling руде)
inflection of rud:
masculine accusative plural
feminine genitive singular
feminine nominative/accusative/vocative plural
=== Noun ===
rude (Cyrillic spelling руде)
inflection of ruda:
genitive singular
nominative/accusative/vocative plural
== Slovak ==
=== Noun ===
rude
dative/locative singular of ruda
== Venetan ==
=== Noun ===
rude
plural of ruda