ruer

French

Etymology

Vulgar Latin *ruto

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʁɥe/
• Rhymes: -ɥe

Verb

ruer

1. (transitive, of a horse) to kick with its hind legs
2. (reflexive, se ruer, by extension) to mob; to jump on

Conjugation

   Conjugation of ruer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		ruer			avoir rué
gerund		en ruant			en ayant rué
present participle		ruant
past participle		rué
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	rue	rues	rue	ruons	ruez	ruent
	imperfect	ruais	ruais	ruait	ruions	ruiez	ruaient
	past historic1	ruai	ruas	rua	ruâmes	ruâtes	ruèrent
	future	ruerai	rueras	ruera	ruerons	ruerez	rueront
	conditional	ruerais	ruerais	ruerait	ruerions	rueriez	rueraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	rue	rues	rue	ruions	ruiez	ruent
	imperfect1	ruasse	ruasses	ruât	ruassions	ruassiez	ruassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	rue	—	ruons	ruez	—
1literary tenses

Related terms

• ruée