ruse

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• /ˈɹuːseɪ/
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• /ˈɹuːz/
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• ro͞oz
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɹuːz/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ɹʉwz/
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• US: /ɹuz/
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• Australia, New-Zealand: /ɹʉːz/
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• Wales: /ɾɪu̯z/
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• Scotland: /ɾʉz/
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• Scotland: [ɾʉːz]
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• Northern-Ireland: /ɻʉz/
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• rhymes with -uːz
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• homophone: roos
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• homophone: rues
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• CMU ARPABET: R UW1 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῥοῦς (rhoûs)der.? Proto-Indo-European *h1rewdh-der. Latin russusder.? Proto-Slavic *rusъder.? Thraciander.? Bulgarian Русе (Ruse)bor. English Ruse Borrowed from Bulgarian Русе (Ruse).

* As an English surname, variant of Rouse, Rowse. * As a German surname, variant of Reuss, Reusse. * As a Czech surname, Americanized from Rus (“Russian”).

From Middle English rūse (“evasive movements of a pursued animal; circuitous course taken by a hunter to pursue a game animal”), from Old French rëuse, ruse (“evasive movements of a pursued animal; trickery”) (modern French ruse (“trick, ruse; cunning, guile”)), from ruser (“to use cunning, to be crafty, beguile”), possibly from Latin rursus (“backward; on the contrary; again, in return”) or Latin recūsāre, from recūsō (“to decline, refuse; to object to, protest, reject”). Doublet of recuse and rouse in the latter case. The verb is derived from the noun. Compare Middle French ruser (“to use cunning, to be crafty, beguile”); see further above.

132 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: Ру́се (Rúse) — city
• Chinese Mandarin: 魯塞 /鲁塞 (Lǔsài) — city
• Hindi: रुसे (ruse) — city
• Korean: 루세 (ruse) — city
• Macedonian: Ру́се (Rúse) — city
• Marathi: रूसे (rūse) — city
• Russian: Ру́се (Rúsɛ) — city
• Turkish: Rusçuk — city
• Ottoman Turkish: روسجق (ruscuk) — city
• Finnish: ketunlenkki — turning or doubling back
• Russian: скидка (skidka) — turning or doubling back
• Spanish: escaramuza — turning or doubling back
• Turkish: hile; dalavere — turning or doubling back
• Arabic: حِيلَة (ḥīla) — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Aramaic: ܦܘܪܣܐ — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Azerbaijani: qurğu — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Catalan: truc — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Catalan: ardit — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Chinese Mandarin: 鬼計 /鬼计 (guǐjì) — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Chinese Mandarin: 伎倆 /伎俩 (jìliǎng) — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Chinese Mandarin: 騙術 /骗术 (piànshù) — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Chinese Mandarin: 玄虛 /玄虚 (xuánxū) — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Czech: lest — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Czech: úskok — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Czech: trik — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Dutch: truc — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Dutch: truuk — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Middle Dutch: strēke — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Esperanto: ruzo — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Finnish: juoni — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Finnish: temppu — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• French: ruse — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• French: finasserie — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Old French: barat — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Old French: boisdie — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Old French: cuintise — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Old French: engignement — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Old French: engin — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Old French: guische — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Old French: trecherie — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Old French: tricerie — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Old French: veisdie — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Georgian: ხრიკი (xriḳi) — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• German: Kniff — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• German: List — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• German: Finte — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Ancient Greek: δόλωμα (dólōma) — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Hebrew: תַּחְבּוּלָה (taḥbulá) — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Hindi: छल (chal) — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Hindi: फ़रेब (fareb) — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Hungarian: csel — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Hungarian: fortély — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Italian: trucco — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Japanese: 計略 (keiryaku) — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Kannada: ಕಪಟ (kapaṭa) — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Korean: 기계 (gigye) — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Macedonian: лу́кавство (lúkavstvo) — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Macedonian: и́змама (ízmama) — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Māori: nuka — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Mongolian: арга (arga) — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Mongolian: шалтаг (šaltag) — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Persian: کید — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Polish: mistyfikacja — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Polish: podstęp — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Polish: wybieg — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Portuguese: ardil — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Portuguese: artimanha — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Portuguese: lábia — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Portuguese: treta — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Portuguese: truque — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Portuguese: estrangeirinha — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Punjabi: ਦਾ (dā) — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Punjabi: دا (dā) — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Romanian: șmecherie — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Russian: кунштю́к (kunštjúk) — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Russian: нако́лка (nakólka) — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Russian: уло́вка (ulóvka) — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Russian: ухищре́ние (uxiščrénije) — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Russian: хи́трость (xítrostʹ) — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Scottish Gaelic: innleachd — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Serbo-Croatian: lȕkāvstvo — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Serbo-Croatian: лу̏ка̄вство — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Serbo-Croatian: smȉcalica — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Serbo-Croatian: сми̏цалица — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Serbo-Croatian: ujdùrma — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Serbo-Croatian: ујду̀рма — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Serbo-Croatian: vȃrka — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Serbo-Croatian: ва̑рка — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Slovak: lesť — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Spanish: asechanza — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Spanish: artimaña — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Spanish: trácala — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Spanish: truco — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Spanish: zancadilla — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Spanish: treta — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Spanish: ardid — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Swedish: knep — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Swedish: trick — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Tagalog: talimangmang — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Thai: ลูกไม้ (lûuk-mái) — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Turkish: katakulli — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Turkish: oyun — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Ottoman Turkish: اویون (oyun) — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Ottoman Turkish: قازیق (kazık) — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Ukrainian: хитрість (xytristʹ) — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Ukrainian: виверт (vyvert) — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Vietnamese: mẹo — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Wauja: minyulitai — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Welsh: dichell — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Welsh: ystryw — action intended to deceive — see also trick
• Bulgarian: хитрост (hitrost) — guile, trickery
• Czech: úskočnost — guile, trickery
• Dutch: afleidingsmanoeuvre — guile, trickery
• Dutch: schijnbeweging — guile, trickery
• Esperanto: ruzo — guile, trickery
• Finnish: juoni — guile, trickery
• French: ruse — guile, trickery
• German: Betrügerei — guile, trickery
• German: Trick — guile, trickery
• German: Ablenkungsmanöver — guile, trickery
• German: Täuschungsmanöver — guile, trickery
• Macedonian: и́трина (ítrina) — guile, trickery
• Portuguese: maracutaia — guile, trickery
• Scottish Gaelic: mealladh — guile, trickery
• Spanish: astucia — guile, trickery
• Swedish: avledningsmanöver — guile, trickery
• Swedish: skenmanöver — guile, trickery
• Turkish: hile; kurnazlık — guile, trickery
• Ottoman Turkish: حیله (hile) — guile, trickery
• Ottoman Turkish: اورند (evrend) — guile, trickery
• Ukrainian: хитрощі (xytrošči) — guile, trickery
• Ukrainian: обман (obman) — guile, trickery