Masculine
ruim
Meaning
- (feminine,masculine) bad
- (feminine,masculine) unpleasant
- (feminine,masculine) evil
Frequency
Hyphenated as
ru‧im
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʁuˈĩ/
Etymology
From ruína, or from a Vulgar Latin root *ruīnus, ultimately from Latin ruīna. Compare Galician ruín, Spanish ruin, Catalan roí, French ruine.
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