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• Canada: [ɹʌʊt]
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• homophone: route (in some pronunciations)
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• rhymes with -aʊt
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• Scotland: /ɹʌʊt/ verb sense 3
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• Scotland: /ɹut/
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• General-American, Ireland, Received-Pronunciation: /ɹaʊt/
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• Scotland: /ɹʌʊt/
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The noun is derived from Middle English rout, route (“group of people associated with one another, company; entourage, retinue; army; group of soldiers; group of pirates; large number of people, crowd; throng; group of disreputable people, mob; riot; group of animals; group of objects; proper condition or manner”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman route, rute, Middle French rote, route, Old French rote, route, rute (“group of people, company; group of armed people; group of criminals; group of cattle”) (modern French route (obsolete)), from Latin rupta (compare Late Latin ruta, rutta (“group of marauders; riot; unlawful assembly”)), the feminine of ruptus (“broken; burst, ruptured”), the perfect passive participle of rumpō (“to break, burst, rupture, tear; to force open; (figurative) to annul; to destroy; to interrupt”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp- (“to break; to tear (up)”). The English word is a doublet of route. The verb is derived from Middle English routen (“to assemble, congregate; of animals: to herd together; to regroup, make a stand against; to be riotous, to riot”) [and other forms], from rout, route (noun); see above.

The noun is derived from Middle French route (“military defeat; retreat”), from rout, archaic past participle of Middle French, Old French rompre (“to break; to break up, disperse”) (modern French rompre (“to break, snap; to break up (with someone)”)), from Latin rumpere, the present active infinitive of rumpō (“to break, burst, rupture, tear; to force open; (figurative) to annul; to destroy; to interrupt”); see further at etymology 1. The verb is derived from the noun.

The verb is derived from Middle English routen (“to snore; to grunt, snort; to sleep; to dwell; to settle permanently”), [and other forms], from Old English hrūtan (“to snore; to make a noise”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrūtan (“to snore”), from Proto-Germanic *hrūtaną, *hreutaną (“to snore”), from *hruttōną (“to snore; to roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *kor-, *kr- (“to croak, crow”), *krut- (“to snore; to roar”), probably ultimately imitative. The English word is cognate with Icelandic rjóta, hrjóta (“to snore; to rattle, roar”), rauta (“to roar”), Middle Dutch ruyten (“to make a noise; to chatter, chirp”), Middle High German rūssen, rūzen (“to make a noise; to buzz; to rattle; to snore”), Norwegian Nynorsk ruta (“to make a loud noise; to roar, rumble”), Swedish ryta (“to bellow, roar; to scream or shout angrily”). Compare Old English rēotan, *hrēotan (“to make a noise; to make a noise in grief, lament, wail; to shed tears, weep”), from Proto-Germanic *reutaną; see further at etymology 4. The noun is derived from the verb. It is cognate with Southern Norwegian rut (“loud noise, din, roar”).

The verb is derived from Middle English routen (“to cry out, bellow, roar”) [and other forms], from Old Norse rauta (“to roar”), from Proto-Germanic *reutaną (“to cry, wail”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *HrewdH- (“to weep”), probably imitative. The English word is cognate with Danish ryde (“to low, moo”), Latin rudere, rūdere (“to bray; to cry”), Lithuanian raudóti (“to wail; to lament; to sob”), Norwegian raute (“to bellow; to low, moo”), Old Church Slavonic рꙑдати (rydati, “to wail, weep”), Old High German riozan (“to roar; to wail”) (Middle High German riezen (“to wail”)), Old Norse rjóta (“to roar”), Old Swedish riuta, ryta (“to howl, wail; to roar”) (modern Swedish ruta, ryta (“to howl; to roar”) (regional)), Old Swedish röta (“to bellow, roar”) (modern Swedish rauta, råta, rota, röta (“to bellow, roar”) (regional)), Sanskrit रुद् (rud, “to cry, wail, weep; to howl, roar; to bewail, deplore, lament”). The noun is derived from the verb, or from a noun derived from Old Norse rauta (“to roar”) (see above).

The verb is derived from Middle English routen (“to move quickly, rush; of waters: to churn, surge; to drag, pull; to throw; to agitate, shake; to beat, strike;”) [and other forms], from Old English hrūtan, from or cognate with Old Norse hrjóta (“to be flung; to fall; to fly”), from Proto-Germanic *hrūtaną, *hreutaną (“to fall; to fly; to move quickly”); further etymology uncertain, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *krew- (“to fall, plunge; to rush; to topple”). The English word is cognate with Middle High German rûzen (“to move quickly, storm”), and is also related to Old English hrēosan (“to fall; to collapse; to rush”). The noun is derived from Middle English rout, route (“a blow; suffering, woe (?); a jerk, sharp pull”) [and other forms], from routen; see above.

Uncertain; either imitative of the bird’s call, or possibly from Icelandic hrota (“brant; brent goose”), also probably imitative though perhaps influenced by hrot (“a snore; act of snoring”), from hrjóta (“to snore”), from Old Norse hrjóta (“to snore”), from Proto-Germanic *hrūtaną (“to snore”); see further at etymology 3.

A variant of wrout, itself a variant of wroot (“to search or root in the ground”) (obsolete), from Middle English wroten (“to search or root in the ground; of a person: to dig earth; of a worm: to slither, wriggle; to corrode; of a worm: to irritate by biting the skin; to destroy (a fortification) by digging or mining”) [and other forms] (whence root), from Old English wrōtan (“to root up or rummage with the snout”). from Proto-West Germanic *wrōtan, from Proto-Germanic *wrōtaną (“to dig with the nose or snout, to root”); further etymology uncertain, perhaps related to Proto-Indo-European *wréh2ds (“a root”), whence the English nouns wort and root.

Possibly a variant of root (“to dig or pull out by the roots; to abolish, exterminate, root out”), from Middle English wroten; see further at etymology 5. Some recent uses are difficult to tell apart from rout (“of an animal, especially a pig: to search (for something) in the ground with the snout; to search for and find (something)”).

83 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: lauma — group of animals, especially one which is lively or unruly, or made up of wild animals such as wolves
• Hungarian: falka — group of animals, especially one which is lively or unruly, or made up of wild animals such as wolves
• Russian: стая (staja) — group of animals, especially one which is lively or unruly, or made up of wild animals such as wolves
• Serbo-Croatian: čopor — group of animals, especially one which is lively or unruly, or made up of wild animals such as wolves
• Bulgarian: сбирщина (sbirština) — group of disorganized things
• Finnish: kasa — group of disorganized things
• Finnish: rykelmä — group of disorganized things
• Bulgarian: шайка (šajka) — group of (often violent) criminals or gangsters; such people as a class
• Dutch: bende — group of (often violent) criminals or gangsters; such people as a class
• Finnish: jengi — group of (often violent) criminals or gangsters; such people as a class
• Finnish: joukko — group of (often violent) criminals or gangsters; such people as a class
• Russian: банда (banda) — group of (often violent) criminals or gangsters; such people as a class
• Russian: шайка (šajka) — group of (often violent) criminals or gangsters; such people as a class
• Serbo-Croatian: banda — group of (often violent) criminals or gangsters; such people as a class
• Serbo-Croatian: bagra — group of (often violent) criminals or gangsters; such people as a class
• Bulgarian: тълпа (tǎlpa) — disorderly and tumultuous crowd — see also mob
• Czech: lůza — disorderly and tumultuous crowd — see also mob
• Czech: chátra — disorderly and tumultuous crowd — see also mob
• Czech: dav — disorderly and tumultuous crowd — see also mob
• Finnish: väkijoukko — disorderly and tumultuous crowd — see also mob
• Finnish: sakki — disorderly and tumultuous crowd — see also mob
• Finnish: lauma — disorderly and tumultuous crowd — see also mob
• Russian: сброд (sbrod) — disorderly and tumultuous crowd — see also mob
• Russian: чернь f толпа́ (černʹ) — disorderly and tumultuous crowd — see also mob
• Serbo-Croatian: rulja — disorderly and tumultuous crowd — see also mob
• Czech: raut — fashionable assembly; large evening party — see also soiree
• Finnish: vastaanotto — fashionable assembly; large evening party — see also soiree
• French: raout — fashionable assembly; large evening party — see also soiree
• Russian: ра́ут (ráut) — fashionable assembly; large evening party — see also soiree
• Russian: приём (prijóm) — fashionable assembly; large evening party — see also soiree
• Czech: rozruch — noisy disturbance; disturbance of the peace — see also commotion, tumult
• Czech: nepokoj — noisy disturbance; disturbance of the peace — see also commotion, tumult
• Finnish: häiriö — noisy disturbance; disturbance of the peace — see also commotion, tumult
• Finnish: mellakka — noisy disturbance; disturbance of the peace — see also commotion, tumult
• Finnish: remu — noisy disturbance; disturbance of the peace — see also commotion, tumult
• Finnish: meteli — illegal assembly of people; act of assembling in this manner
• Bulgarian: разгром (razgrom) — act of completely defeating an army, etc., causing it to retreat in a disorganized manner; convincing defeat
• Bulgarian: поражение (poraženie) — act of completely defeating an army, etc., causing it to retreat in a disorganized manner; convincing defeat
• Czech: debakl — act of completely defeating an army, etc., causing it to retreat in a disorganized manner; convincing defeat
• Czech: drtivá porážka — act of completely defeating an army, etc., causing it to retreat in a disorganized manner; convincing defeat
• Finnish: lyöminen — act of completely defeating an army, etc., causing it to retreat in a disorganized manner; convincing defeat
• French: débâcle — act of completely defeating an army, etc., causing it to retreat in a disorganized manner; convincing defeat
• French: déroute — act of completely defeating an army, etc., causing it to retreat in a disorganized manner; convincing defeat
• Ancient Greek: τροπή (tropḗ) — act of completely defeating an army, etc., causing it to retreat in a disorganized manner; convincing defeat
• Irish: maidhm — act of completely defeating an army, etc., causing it to retreat in a disorganized manner; convincing defeat
• Irish: ruaig — act of completely defeating an army, etc., causing it to retreat in a disorganized manner; convincing defeat
• Polish: rozgromienie — act of completely defeating an army, etc., causing it to retreat in a disorganized manner; convincing defeat
• Spanish: goleada — act of completely defeating an army, etc., causing it to retreat in a disorganized manner; convincing defeat
• Bulgarian: безредно отстъпление (bezredno otstǎplenie) — retreat of an enemy force, etc.
• Bulgarian: бягство (bjagstvo) — retreat of an enemy force, etc.
• Czech: úprk — retreat of an enemy force, etc.
• Czech: (neuspořádaný) ústup — retreat of an enemy force, etc.
• Finnish: sekasortoinen perääntyminen — retreat of an enemy force, etc.
• Finnish: karjunta — loud, resounding noise
• Bulgarian: разгромявам (razgromjavam) — to completely defeat and force into disorderly retreat
• Chinese Mandarin: 擊潰 /击溃 (jīkuì, jíkuì) — to completely defeat and force into disorderly retreat
• Chinese Mandarin: 击退 (jītuì, jítuì) — to completely defeat and force into disorderly retreat
• Czech: porazit na hlavu — to completely defeat and force into disorderly retreat
• Czech: rozdrtit — to completely defeat and force into disorderly retreat
• Czech: rozprášit — to completely defeat and force into disorderly retreat
• Czech: převálcovat — to completely defeat and force into disorderly retreat
• Finnish: pakottaa perääntymään — to completely defeat and force into disorderly retreat
• Finnish: lyödä — to completely defeat and force into disorderly retreat
• Finnish: rökittää — to completely defeat and force into disorderly retreat
• Italian: sbarattare — to completely defeat and force into disorderly retreat
• Japanese: 潰走させる (kaisō saseru) — to completely defeat and force into disorderly retreat
• Portuguese: desbaratar — to completely defeat and force into disorderly retreat
• Russian: разби́ть на́голову (razbítʹ nágolovu) — to completely defeat and force into disorderly retreat
• Bulgarian: отстъпвам безредно (otstǎpvam bezredno) — to retreat from a confrontation in disorder
• Finnish: perääntyä sekasortoisesti — to retreat from a confrontation in disorder
• Finnish: mylviä — to make a noise — see also bellow, roar, snort
• Finnish: karjua — to make a noise — see also bellow, roar, snort
• Finnish: karjaista — of a person: to say or shout (something) loudly
• Bulgarian: ровя (rovja) — to search for and find (something)
• Finnish: etsiä — to search for and find (something)
• Finnish: kaluta — to completely empty or clear out (something)
• Finnish: tyhjentää — to completely empty or clear out (something)
• Finnish: pakottaa pois — to compel (someone) to leave a place
• Finnish: pakottaa nousemaan — to cause (someone) to get out of bed
• Czech: rýt — to use a tool to scoop out material (from a surface), forming a groove or recess
• Czech: vyrýt — to use a tool to scoop out material (from a surface), forming a groove or recess
• Finnish: uurtaa — to use a tool to scoop out material (from a surface), forming a groove or recess
• Finnish: hävittää — to find and eradicate (something harmful or undesirable)