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roux

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ɹuː/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -uː
  • homophone: rue
  • homophone: roo
  • CMU ARPABET: R UW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A speedsolving method in which the user solves a Rubik's cube block-by-block rather than layer-by-layer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

name

Meaning 2

A surname

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

a mixture of fat and flour heated and used as a basis for sauces

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: concoction, mixture, intermixture

History

Etymology

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