ruin

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From Middle English ruyne, ruine, from Old French ruine, from Latin ruīna (“overthrow, ruin”), from ruō (“to fall down, tumble, sink in ruin, rush”).

334 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: gërmadhë — remains of destroyed construction
• Arabic: خَرَاب (ḵarāb) — remains of destroyed construction
• Arabic: خَرَابَة (ḵarāba) — remains of destroyed construction
• Arabic: طَلَل (ṭalal) — remains of destroyed construction
• Armenian: ավերակ (averak) — remains of destroyed construction
• Armenian: փլատակ (pʻlatak) — remains of destroyed construction
• Asturian: ruina — remains of destroyed construction
• Azerbaijani: xaraba — remains of destroyed construction
• Azerbaijani: viranə — remains of destroyed construction
• Belarusian: руі́на (ruína) — remains of destroyed construction
• Belarusian: разва́ліна (razválina) — remains of destroyed construction
• Bulgarian: руи́на (ruína) — remains of destroyed construction
• Bulgarian: разва́лина (razválina) — remains of destroyed construction
• Catalan: ruïna — remains of destroyed construction
• Chinese Mandarin: 遺址 /遗址 (yízhǐ) — remains of destroyed construction
• Chinese Mandarin: 廢墟 /废墟 (fèixū) — remains of destroyed construction
• Czech: zřícenina — remains of destroyed construction
• Czech: ruina — remains of destroyed construction
• Czech: rozvalina — remains of destroyed construction
• Danish: ruin — remains of destroyed construction
• Dutch: ruïne — remains of destroyed construction
• Dutch: bouwval — remains of destroyed construction
• Dutch: puinhoop — remains of destroyed construction
• Esperanto: ruino — remains of destroyed construction
• Estonian: vare — remains of destroyed construction
• Finnish: raunio — remains of destroyed construction
• French: ruine — remains of destroyed construction
• West-Frisian: Ruïne — remains of destroyed construction
• Friulian: ruvine — remains of destroyed construction
• Georgian: ნანგრევი (nangrevi) — remains of destroyed construction
• German: Ruine — remains of destroyed construction
• Greek: ερείπιο (ereípio) — remains of destroyed construction
• Ancient Greek: ἐρείπιον (ereípion) — remains of destroyed construction
• Hebrew: חׇרְבָּה (khorbá) — remains of destroyed construction
• Hindi: खँडहर (khãḍhar) — remains of destroyed construction
• Hindi: खंडहर (khaṇḍhar) — remains of destroyed construction
• Hindi: भग्नावशेष (bhagnāvśeṣ) — remains of destroyed construction
• Hungarian: rom — remains of destroyed construction
• Hungarian: roncs — remains of destroyed construction
• Hungarian: omladék — remains of destroyed construction
• Icelandic: rúst — remains of destroyed construction
• Indonesian: puing — remains of destroyed construction
• Ingrian: raunio — remains of destroyed construction
• Irish: ballóg — remains of destroyed construction
• Italian: rovina — remains of destroyed construction
• Japanese: 廃墟 (haikyo) — remains of destroyed construction
• Japanese: 遺跡 (iseki) — remains of destroyed construction
• Kazakh: құланды (qūlandy) — remains of destroyed construction
• Korean: 폐허 (pyeheo) — remains of destroyed construction
• Korean: 유적 (yujeok) — remains of destroyed construction
• Central Kurdish: شوێنەوار (şwênewar) — remains of destroyed construction
• Northern Kurdish: kavil — remains of destroyed construction
• Northern Kurdish: wêrane — remains of destroyed construction
• Northern Kurdish: xerabe — remains of destroyed construction
• Northern Kurdish: şûnwar — remains of destroyed construction
• Kyrgyz: уранды (urandı) — remains of destroyed construction
• Latin: ruīna — remains of destroyed construction
• Latvian: drupas — remains of destroyed construction
• Lithuanian: griuvėsiai — remains of destroyed construction
• Macedonian: руше́вина (rušévina) — remains of destroyed construction
• Macedonian: урна́тина (urnátina) — remains of destroyed construction
• Macedonian: чавка́рница (čavkárnica) — remains of destroyed construction
• Malay: puing — remains of destroyed construction
• Malay: runtuhan — remains of destroyed construction
• Māori: ruhatanga — remains of destroyed construction
• Navajo: kitsʼiilí — remains of destroyed construction
• Norwegian Bokmål: ruin — remains of destroyed construction
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ruin — remains of destroyed construction
• Occitan: roïna — remains of destroyed construction
• Persian: ویرانه (virâne) — remains of destroyed construction
• Persian: خراب (xarâb) — remains of destroyed construction
• Persian: خرابه (xarâbe) — remains of destroyed construction
• Polish: ruina — remains of destroyed construction
• Portuguese: ruína — remains of destroyed construction
• Punjabi: ਖੰਡਰ (khaṇḍar) — remains of destroyed construction
• Punjabi: ਢਾਠ (ḍhāṭh) — remains of destroyed construction
• Romanian: ruină — remains of destroyed construction
• Romansh: ruina — remains of destroyed construction
• Romansh: ruegna — remains of destroyed construction
• Romansh: ruigna — remains of destroyed construction
• Russian: руи́на (ruína) — remains of destroyed construction
• Russian: разва́лина (razválina) — remains of destroyed construction
• Sardinian: arruinu — remains of destroyed construction
• Sardinian: orroghina — remains of destroyed construction
• Sardinian: roghina — remains of destroyed construction
• Scottish Gaelic: tobhta — remains of destroyed construction
• Serbo-Croatian: ruševina — remains of destroyed construction
• Serbo-Croatian: podor — remains of destroyed construction
• Serbo-Croatian: podorina — remains of destroyed construction
• Serbo-Croatian: razvalina — remains of destroyed construction
• Serbo-Croatian: provalina — remains of destroyed construction
• Serbo-Croatian: razval — remains of destroyed construction
• Serbo-Croatian: razvala — remains of destroyed construction
• Sicilian: ruvina — remains of destroyed construction
• Slovak: ruina — remains of destroyed construction
• Slovak: rozvalina — remains of destroyed construction
• Slovene: ruševina — remains of destroyed construction
• Spanish: ruina — remains of destroyed construction
• Swahili: gofu — remains of destroyed construction
• Swedish: ruin — remains of destroyed construction
• Tagalog: gapo — remains of destroyed construction
• Tagalog: bunlag — remains of destroyed construction
• Tajik: димна (dimna) — remains of destroyed construction
• Tajik: хароба (xaroba) — remains of destroyed construction
• Tajik: вайрона (vayrona) — remains of destroyed construction
• Tibetan: གྱང་རོ (gyang ro) — remains of destroyed construction
• Tibetan: གཡག་གོག (g.yag gog) — remains of destroyed construction
• Turkish: kalıntı — remains of destroyed construction
• Turkish: harabe — remains of destroyed construction
• Turkish: ören — remains of destroyed construction
• Turkish: yıkıntı — remains of destroyed construction
• Turkish: virane — remains of destroyed construction
• Ottoman Turkish: خراب (harab) — remains of destroyed construction
• Turkmen: haraba — remains of destroyed construction
• Ukrainian: руї́на (rujína) — remains of destroyed construction
• Ukrainian: розва́лина (rozvályna) — remains of destroyed construction
• Urdu: کَھنْڈَر (khanḍar) — remains of destroyed construction
• Urdu: کَھنْڈَرَات (khanḍarāt) — remains of destroyed construction
• Urdu: خَرَابَہ (xarāba) — remains of destroyed construction
• Urdu: وِیرانَہ (vīrāna) — remains of destroyed construction
• Uyghur: خارابە (xarabe) — remains of destroyed construction
• Uzbek: xaroba — remains of destroyed construction
• Venetan: roina — remains of destroyed construction
• Venetan: rovina — remains of destroyed construction
• Venetan: ruina — remains of destroyed construction
• Welsh: adfail — remains of destroyed construction
• Azerbaijani: xarabalıq — the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed
• Azerbaijani: viranəlik — the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed
• Azerbaijani: pozğunluq — the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed
• Azerbaijani: bərbadlıq — the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed
• Azerbaijani: xarabazarlıq — the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed
• Bulgarian: разру́ха (razrúha) — the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed
• Chinese Mandarin: 毀壞 /毁坏 (huǐhuài) — the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed
• Chinese Mandarin: 毀滅 /毁灭 (huǐmiè) — the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed
• Dutch: verval — the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed
• Dutch: puin — the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed
• Finnish: rappio — the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed
• French: ruine — the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed
• German: Ruin — the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed
• Ancient Greek: λοιγός (loigós) — the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed
• Hindi: विनाश (vināś) — the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed
• Hindi: नाश (nāś) — the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed
• Hungarian: rom — the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed
• Irish: scrios — the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed
• Italian: rovina — the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed
• Japanese: 潰滅 (kaimetsu) — the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed
• Japanese: 崩壊 (hōkai) — the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed
• Latin: ruīna — the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed
• Malayalam: നാശം (nāśaṁ) — the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed
• Māori: ruhatanga — the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed
• Norwegian Bokmål: ruin — the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ruin — the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed
• Old English: hryre — the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed
• Portuguese: ruína — the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed
• Romanian: ruină — the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed
• Russian: разру́ха (razrúxa) — the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed
• Sanskrit: नाश (nāśa) — the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed
• Scottish Gaelic: creach — the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed
• Spanish: ruina — the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed
• Swedish: ruin — the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed
• Tagalog: pagkagapo — the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed
• Ottoman Turkish: خراب (harab) — the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed
• Vietnamese: hư hại — the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed
• Welsh: adfeiliad — the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed
• Bulgarian: крах (krah) — something which leads to serious troubles
• Bulgarian: прова́л (provál) — something which leads to serious troubles
• Chinese Mandarin: 禍因 /祸因 — something which leads to serious troubles
• Finnish: turmio — something which leads to serious troubles
• French: ruine — something which leads to serious troubles
• German: Ruin — something which leads to serious troubles
• Hindi: विनाश (vināś) — something which leads to serious troubles
• Hindi: नाश (nāś) — something which leads to serious troubles
• Italian: rovina — something which leads to serious troubles
• Norwegian Bokmål: ruin — something which leads to serious troubles
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ruin — something which leads to serious troubles
• Old English: hryre — something which leads to serious troubles
• Portuguese: ruína — something which leads to serious troubles
• Romanian: ruină — something which leads to serious troubles
• Russian: крах (krax) — something which leads to serious troubles
• Russian: круше́ние (krušénije) — something which leads to serious troubles
• Russian: разоре́ние (razorénije) — something which leads to serious troubles
• Russian: ги́бель (gíbelʹ) — something which leads to serious troubles
• Russian: прова́л (provál) — something which leads to serious troubles
• Scottish Gaelic: creach — something which leads to serious troubles
• Spanish: ruina — something which leads to serious troubles
• Arabic: دَمَّرَ (dammara) — to cause the economical ruin of
• Armenian: կործանել (korcanel) — to cause the economical ruin of
• Azerbaijani: çapmaq — to cause the economical ruin of
• Belarusian: знішча́ць (zniščácʹ) — to cause the economical ruin of
• Belarusian: ні́шчыць (níščycʹ) — to cause the economical ruin of
• Belarusian: зні́шчыць (zníščycʹ) — to cause the economical ruin of
• Belarusian: руйнава́ць (rujnavácʹ) — to cause the economical ruin of
• Belarusian: зруйнава́ць (zrujnavácʹ) — to cause the economical ruin of
• Bulgarian: унищожа́вам (uništožávam) — to cause the economical ruin of
• Bulgarian: унищожа́ (uništožá) — to cause the economical ruin of
• Bulgarian: разоря́вам (razorjávam) — to cause the economical ruin of
• Bulgarian: разоря́ (razorjá) — to cause the economical ruin of
• Catalan: arruïnar — to cause the economical ruin of
• Cherokee: ᎠᏲᏍᏙᏗ (ayosdodi) — to cause the economical ruin of
• Chinese Mandarin: 破壞 /破坏 (pòhuài) — to cause the economical ruin of
• Chinese Mandarin: 毀 /毁 (huǐ) — to cause the economical ruin of
• Czech: ruinovat — to cause the economical ruin of
• Czech: zruinovat — to cause the economical ruin of
• Danish: ruinere — to cause the economical ruin of
• Dutch: ruïneren — to cause the economical ruin of
• Finnish: raunioittaa — to cause the economical ruin of
• Finnish: tuhota — to cause the economical ruin of
• Finnish: tärvellä — to cause the economical ruin of
• Finnish: pilata — to cause the economical ruin of
• French: ruiner — to cause the economical ruin of
• Georgian: ნგრევა (ngreva) — to cause the economical ruin of
• German: ruinieren — to cause the economical ruin of
• German: auf die Knie zwingen — to cause the economical ruin of
• German: vernichten — to cause the economical ruin of
• Greek: καταστρέφω (katastréfo) — to cause the economical ruin of
• Hebrew: דָּפַק (dafák) — to cause the economical ruin of
• Hebrew: פישל — to cause the economical ruin of
• Hebrew: פִשֵּׁל (fishél) — to cause the economical ruin of
• Hebrew: הָרַס (harás) — to cause the economical ruin of
• Hungarian: lerombol — to cause the economical ruin of
• Hungarian: tönkretesz — to cause the economical ruin of
• Hungarian: romba dönt — to cause the economical ruin of
• Irish: creach — to cause the economical ruin of
• Japanese: 潰す (tsubusu) — to cause the economical ruin of
• Japanese: 滅ぼす (horobosu) — to cause the economical ruin of
• Japanese: 打倒する (datō suru) — to cause the economical ruin of
• Japanese: 破産させる (hasan saseru) — to cause the economical ruin of
• Korean: 붕괴시키다 (bunggoesikida) — to cause the economical ruin of
• Korean: 무너뜨리다 (muneotteurida) — to cause the economical ruin of
• Latgalian: grauduot — to cause the economical ruin of
• Latin: populor — to cause the economical ruin of
• Latvian: graut — to cause the economical ruin of
• Lithuanian: griauti — to cause the economical ruin of
• Macedonian: у́ништи (úništi) — to cause the economical ruin of
• Māori: whakapōhara — to cause the economical ruin of
• Occitan: arroïnar — to cause the economical ruin of
• Polish: rujnować — to cause the economical ruin of
• Polish: zrujnować — to cause the economical ruin of
• Portuguese: arruinar — to cause the economical ruin of
• Romanian: strica — to cause the economical ruin of
• Russian: разруша́ть (razrušátʹ) — to cause the economical ruin of
• Russian: разру́шить (razrúšitʹ) — to cause the economical ruin of
• Russian: по́ртить (pórtitʹ) — to cause the economical ruin of
• Russian: испо́ртить (ispórtitʹ) — to cause the economical ruin of
• Russian: разоря́ть (razorjátʹ) — to cause the economical ruin of
• Russian: разори́ть (razorítʹ) — to cause the economical ruin of
• Scottish Gaelic: creach — to cause the economical ruin of
• Slovak: ruinovať — to cause the economical ruin of
• Slovak: zruinovať — to cause the economical ruin of
• Spanish: desbaratar — to cause the economical ruin of
• Spanish: arruinar — to cause the economical ruin of
• Swedish: ödelägga — to cause the economical ruin of
• Swedish: ruinera — to cause the economical ruin of
• Turkish: mahvetmek — to cause the economical ruin of
• Ukrainian: ни́щити (nýščyty) — to cause the economical ruin of
• Ukrainian: зни́щувати (znýščuvaty) — to cause the economical ruin of
• Ukrainian: зни́щити (znýščyty) — to cause the economical ruin of
• Ukrainian: руйнува́ти (rujnuváty) — to cause the economical ruin of
• Ukrainian: зруйнува́ти (zrujnuváty) — to cause the economical ruin of
• Walloon: rwiner — to cause the economical ruin of
• Bulgarian: разруша́вам (razrušávam) — to destroy
• Bulgarian: разруша́ (razrušá) — to destroy
• Bulgarian: унищожа́вам (uništožávam) — to destroy
• Bulgarian: унищожа́ (uništožá) — to destroy
• Catalan: espatllar — to destroy
• Catalan: arruïnar — to destroy
• Cherokee: ᎠᏲᏍᏗᎭ (ayosdiha) — to destroy
• Chinese Mandarin: 破壞 /破坏 (pòhuài) — to destroy
• Danish: ødelægge — to destroy
• Finnish: raunioittaa — to destroy
• French: abîmer — to destroy
• French: foutre en l'air — to destroy
• French: ruiner — to destroy
• French: massacrer — to destroy
• Galician: arruinar — to destroy
• German: ruinieren — to destroy
• German: kaputtmachen — to destroy
• German: vernichten — to destroy
• German: zerstören — to destroy
• Greek: καταστρέφω (katastréfo) — to destroy
• Ingrian: raisata — to destroy
• Italian: rovinare — to destroy
• Japanese: 打ち壊す (buchikowasu) — to destroy
• Japanese: 破壊する (hakai suru) — to destroy
• Japanese: めちゃめちゃにする (mechamecha ni suru) — to destroy
• Latin: populor — to destroy
• Latin: ruīnō — to destroy
• Macedonian: у́ништи (úništi) — to destroy
• Malayalam: നശിപ്പിക്കുക (naśippikkuka) — to destroy
• Māori: whakapakaru — to destroy
• Occitan: arroïnar — to destroy
• Portuguese: arruinar — to destroy
• Russian: уничтожа́ть (uničtožátʹ) — to destroy
• Russian: уничто́жить (uničtóžitʹ) — to destroy
• Russian: разруша́ть (razrušátʹ) — to destroy
• Russian: разру́шить (razrúšitʹ) — to destroy
• Spanish: ruinar — to destroy
• Spanish: arruinar — to destroy
• Spanish: estropear — to destroy
• Turkish: mahvetmek — to destroy
• Ottoman Turkish: بوزمق (bozmak) — to destroy
• Ottoman Turkish: ییقمق (yıkmak) — to destroy
• Bulgarian: разва́лям (razváljam) — to spoil
• Bulgarian: разваля́ (razvaljá) — to spoil
• Estonian: rikkuma — to spoil
• Finnish: pilata — to spoil
• French: gâcher — to spoil
• French: foutre en l'air — to spoil
• French: plomber — to spoil
• French: ruiner — to spoil
• North Frisian: ferdiirwe — to spoil
• Galician: arruinar — to spoil
• Galician: esbandallar — to spoil
• Georgian: გაფუჭება (gapuč̣eba) — to spoil
• German: ruinieren — to spoil
• German: verderben — to spoil
• German: kaputtmachen — to spoil
• Gothic: 𐍂𐌹𐌿𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (riurjan) — to spoil
• Ancient Greek: φθείρω (phtheírō) — to spoil
• Japanese: 潰す (tsubusu) — to spoil
• Japanese: だめにする (dame ni suru) — to spoil
• Japanese: めちゃめちゃにする (mechamecha ni suru) — to spoil
• Macedonian: упро́пасти (uprópasti) — to spoil
• Malayalam: നശിപ്പിക്കുക (naśippikkuka) — to spoil
• Portuguese: arruinar — to spoil
• Portuguese: destruir — to spoil
• Portuguese: acabar com — to spoil
• Russian: по́ртить (pórtitʹ) — to spoil
• Russian: испортить (isportitʹ) — to spoil
• Serbo-Croatian: упропастити — to spoil
• Serbo-Croatian: upropastiti — to spoil
• Spanish: dar al traste — to spoil
• Turkish: mahvetmek — to spoil
• Ottoman Turkish: بوزمق (bozmak) — to spoil