Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ROUE

Rou `é ", n. Etym: [F., properly p.p. of rouer to break upon the wheel, fr. roue a wheel, L. rota. See Rotate, Rotary. ]

 

Defn: One devoted to a life of sensual pleasure; a debauchee; a rake.

 

ROUET

Rou `et ", n. Etym: [F.]

 

Defn: A small wheel formerly fixed to the pan of firelocks for discharging them. Crabb.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

roué

rou é |ro͞oˈā ruˈeɪ | ▶noun a debauched man, esp. an elderly one. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: French, literally ‘broken on a wheel, ’ referring to the instrument of torture thought to be deserved by such a person.

 

Rouen

Rou en |ro͝oˈän, -ˈäN ˈrwɑn | a port on the Seine River in northwestern France; pop. 110,276 (2006 ). Joan of Arc was tried and burned at the stake here in 1431.

 

Rouen duck

Rou en duck ▶noun a bird of a breed of large duck resembling the wild mallard in coloring.

 

Oxford Dictionary

roué

roué |ˈruːeɪ | ▶noun a debauched man, especially an elderly one. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: French, literally ‘broken on a wheel ’, referring to the instrument of torture thought to be deserved by such a person.

 

Rouen

Rouen |ˈruːɒn, French ʀwɑ̃ | a port on the River Seine in NW France, chief town of Haute-Normandie; pop. 110,276 (2006 ). Rouen was in English possession from the time of the Norman Conquest until captured by the French in 1204, and again 1419 –49; in 1431 Joan of Arc was tried and burnt at the stake there.

 

Rouen duck

Rouen duck ▶noun a bird of a breed of large duck resembling the wild mallard in colouring.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

roué

roué noun Hattie never had the good sense to stay away from the roués who frequented the club: libertine, rake, rogue, debauchee, degenerate, profligate; lecher, seducer, womanizer, philanderer, adulterer, Don Juan, Casanova, Lothario; informal ladykiller, skirt-chaser, lech, dirty old man, goat.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

roué

roué noun he had lived the life of a roué in the fleshpots of London and Paris: libertine, rake, debauchee, dissolute man, loose-liver, degenerate, profligate; lecher, seducer, ladies' man, womanizer, philanderer, adulterer, Don Juan, Lothario, Casanova, playboy; sensualist, sybarite, voluptuary; informal ladykiller, lech, dirty old man, goat, wolf, skirt-chaser; dated gay dog, rip, blood; archaic rakehell; rare dissolute.

 

Duden Dictionary

Rouen

Rou en Eigenname |ru̯ãː |Stadt in Frankreich an der Seine

 

Rouen-Ente

Rou en-En te Substantiv, feminin , die |ˈru̯ãː …|die Rouen-Ente; Genitiv: der Rouen-Ente, Plural: die Rouen-Enten französisch ; deutsch ; nach der nordfranzösischen Stadt Rouen Ente einer französischen Entenrasse

 

French Dictionary

roue

roue n. f. nom féminin Disque rigide qui, en tournant sur un axe, est utilisé comme organe de déplacement. : Les roues avant, les roues arrière d ’une voiture. LOCUTIONS Faire la roue, en parlant du paon. Déployer en éventail les plumes de sa queue. Faire la roue. Exercice de gymnastique consistant à faire une pirouette sur les mains. Faire la roue. figuré Se pavaner. FORME FAUTIVE roue. Anglicisme au sens de volant (de véhicule automobile ).

 

roué

roué , ée adj. et n. m. et f. adjectif Battu violemment. : Roué de coups. nom masculin et féminin péjoratif Hypocrite et ambitieux. : Des roués décidés à réussir à n ’importe quel prix.

 

rouer

rouer v. tr. verbe transitif Battre violemment. : Les pauvres passants ont été roués de coups par ces malfaiteurs. aimer

 

rouet

rouet n. m. nom masculin Machine qui sert à filer la laine, le lin, etc.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

roue

rou é /ruéɪ |rúːeɪ /名詞 C ｟やや古 ｠(特に初老の )道楽者, 放蕩 （とう ）者 .