Masculine
ruin
Meaning
- (feminine, masculine) contemptible, mean, heartless
- (feminine, masculine) mean, stingy
- (feminine, masculine) wild; unruly
- (feminine, masculine) rachitic
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈrwin/
Etymology
From an earlier *ruino, from ruina, or from a Vulgar Latin root *ruīnus, ultimately from Latin ruīna. Compare Portuguese ruim, Catalan roí. The lack of a final /-o/ may suggest a borrowing.
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