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homophone: roo
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CMU ARPABET:
R UW1
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A speedsolving method in which the user solves a Rubik's cube block-by-block rather than layer-by-layer.
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A surname
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A mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews.
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a mixture of fat and flour heated and used as a basis for sauces
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Broader terms: concoction, mixture, intermixture
Rubik's cube thingy's named after French speedcuber Gilles Roux (WCA ID: 2004ROUX01).
Borrowed from French roux.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian :
запръжка
(zaprǎžka)
— mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Catalan :
roux
— mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Chinese Mandarin :
奶油炒麵糊 /奶油炒面糊
(nǎiyóu chǎo miànhú)
— mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Chinese Mandarin :
乳酪麵粉糊 /乳酪面粉糊
(rǔlào miànfěn hú)
— mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Chinese Mandarin :
炒麵糊 /炒面糊
(chǎo miànhú)
— mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Czech :
jíška
— mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Czech :
zápražka
— mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Dutch :
roux
— mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Finnish :
roux
— mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Finnish :
rasvasuurus
— mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
French :
roux
— mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
German :
Mehlschwitze
— mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
German :
Einbrenn
— mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Hebrew :
רביכה
(revikhá)
— mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Hungarian :
rántás
— mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Italian :
roux
— mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Japanese :
ルー
(rū)
— mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Macedonian :
запршка
(zaprška)
— mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Pannonian Rusyn :
запражка
(zapražka)
— mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Polish :
zasmażka
— mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Portuguese :
roux
— mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Romanian :
rântaș
— mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Russian :
ру
— mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Serbo-Croatian :
zafrig
— mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Slovak :
zápražka
— mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Spanish :
roux
— mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Swedish :
bottenredning
— mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Yiddish :
אײַנברען
(aynbren)
— mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Yiddish :
אײַנגעברענטס
(ayngebrents)
— mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews