ruina

== Asturian == === Adjective === ruina feminine singular of ruin == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Ruine. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈruɪna] === Noun === ruina f ruin ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “ruina”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “ruina”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 == French == === Pronunciation === === Verb === ruina third-person singular past historic of ruiner === Anagrams === nuira unira urina == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ruˈi.na/ Rhymes: -ina Hyphenation: ru‧ì‧na === Noun === ruina f (plural ruine) (archaic) alternative form of rovina === Anagrams === rauni, unirà, urani, urina == Latin == === Etymology === From ruō (“to collapse”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ruˈiː.na] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ruˈiː.na] === Noun === ruīna f (genitive ruīnae); first declension a falling down, collapse, ruin, destruction Synonyms: dēstrūctiō, lētum, excidium, excidiō, dēmōlītiō, vāstātiō, devāstātiō, perniciēs, pestis, perditiō, exitium ruins, debris ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “ruina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “ruina”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “ruina”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin ruīna. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ruˈi.na/ Rhymes: -ina Syllabification: ru‧i‧na === Noun === ruina f ruin (remains of destroyed construction) (colloquial) broken man, mess, train wreck (someone who is unbalanced and considered a mess; a disaster; one who is suffering personal ruin) Synonym: wrak ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “ruina”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “ruina”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish) == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French ruiner, from Latin ruinare. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ru.iˈna/ === Verb === a ruina (third-person singular present ruinează, past participle ruinat) 1st conjugation to ruin ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ruinare ruinat ==== Related terms ==== ruină === Further reading === “ruina”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈrwina/ [ˈrwi.na] Rhymes: -ina Syllabification: rui‧na === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Latin ruina. ==== Noun ==== ruina f (plural ruinas) ruin, decay, wreck (also figurative) decline, downfall (in the plural) ruins ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== ruina inflection of ruinar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “ruina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025