rust

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The deteriorated state of iron or steel as a result of moisture and oxidation; it consists mostly of iron(III) oxide (ferric oxide) and iron(II) oxide (ferrous oxide).
2. (countable, uncountable) A similar substance based on another metal.
3. (countable, uncountable) A reddish-brown color.
4. (countable, uncountable) A disease of plants caused by a reddish-brown fungus.
5. (countable, uncountable) Damage caused to stamps and album pages by a fungal infection.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To oxidize, especially of iron or steel.
2. (transitive) To cause to oxidize.
3. (intransitive) To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust.
4. (ambitransitive, figuratively) To (cause to) degenerate in idleness; to make or become dull or impaired by inaction.
5. (intransitive) Of a black cat or its fur, to turn rust-coloured following long periods of exposure to sunlight.

Concepts

rouille

rouiller

se rouiller

corroder

rouillé

oxyder

manger

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pourriture

rouillure

déjeuner

se recouvrir de rouille

Synonymes

corrode

corrosion

oxidize

eat

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rusty

mould

become rusty

tarnish

stain

verdigris

oxidation

mildew

rust-brown

rust fungus

abuse

vice

bad habit

blight

mold

reddish

rusting

smut

obtund

dross

oxidise

deteriorate

produce

twig blight

rustiness

iron scale

deliver

scoria

slag

iron stain

spot

decompose

decay

tartar

uncleanness

corruption

corrupt

worn out

bear young

get rusty

iron rust

produce fruit

reddish-brown

stale reddish water

red oxide for decorating pottery

carve

Traductions

Rost

ruggine

orín

moho

ferrugem

rosten

roest

arrugginire

verrosten

óxido

herrumbre

enferrujar

rovell

صدأ

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɹʌst/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: rust

Hérité de ancien anglais: rust

Appartenant à écossais: roust

Appartenant à saterlandais: rust

Appartenant à frison occidental: roast

Appartenant à néerlandais: roest

Appartenant à allemand: Rost

Appartenant à danois: rust

Appartenant à suédois: rost

Appartenant à norvégien: rust

Appartenant à finnois: ruoste

Appartenant à estonien: rooste

Hérité de moyen anglais: rusten

In summary

From Middle English rust, rost, roust, from Old English rust, rūst (“rust”), from Proto-West Germanic *rust, from Proto-Germanic *rustaz (“rust”), from Proto-Indo-European *rudʰso- (“red”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”).
Cognate with Scots roust (“rust”), Saterland Frisian rust (“rust”), West Frisian roast (“rust”), Dutch roest (“rust”), German Rost (“rust”), Danish rust (“rust”), Swedish rost (“rust”), Norwegian rust, ryst (“rust”), Finnish ruoste, Estonian rooste. Related to red.

Phrases

Grime , rust and residual particles polluted the air .

La crasse, la rouille et les particules résiduelles ont pollué l'air.