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4-letter words (1 found)

RUIN,

3-letter words (5 found)

NUR,RIN,RUN,UNI,URN,

2-letter words (4 found)

IN,NU,UN,UR,

You can make 10 words from ruin according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ruin

ruin

English

Etymology

From Middle English ruyne, ruine, from Old French ruine, from Latin ruīna (overthrow, ruin), from ruō (I fall down, tumble, sink in ruin, rush).

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈɹuː.ɪn/, [ˈɹuwɪn]
  • Rhymes: -uːɪn

Noun

ruin (countable and uncountable, plural ruins)

  1. (countable, sometimes in the plural) The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.
  2. (uncountable) The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed.
  3. (uncountable) Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.
  4. The act of ruining something.
  5. (obsolete) A fall or tumble.
  6. A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow.
  7. (uncountable) Complete financial loss; bankruptcy.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

ruin (third-person singular simple present ruins, present participle ruining, simple past and past participle ruined or (dialectal, nonstandard) ruint)

  1. (transitive) To cause the fiscal ruin of; to bankrupt or drive out of business.
  2. To destroy or render something no longer usable or operable.
  3. To upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to have a disastrous effect on something.
  4. To make something less enjoyable or likeable.
  5. To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil.
  6. (obsolete) To fall into a state of decay.
  7. (transitive, historical) To seduce or debauch, and thus harm the social standing of.

Synonyms

  • destroy
  • fordo
  • ruinate
  • wreck
  • See also Thesaurus:spoil

Antonyms

  • build
  • construct
  • found
  • produce
  • unruin

Related terms

  • ruination
  • ruinable
  • ruiner
  • ruinous
  • ruint

Translations

Further reading

  • “ruin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “ruin”, in The Century Dictionary [], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
  • “ruin”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • Irun

Asturian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrwin/ [ˈrwĩŋ]

Adjective

ruin m sg (feminine singular ruina, neuter singular ruino, masculine plural ruinos, feminine plural ruines)

  1. weedy

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch rûun. Cognate with Middle Low German rûne, Middle High German rūn. Further origin unknown; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH- (to dig out, rip off).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rœy̯n/
  • Hyphenation: ruin
  • Rhymes: -œy̯n

Noun

ruin m (plural ruinen, diminutive ruintje n)

  1. gelding (castrated male horse)

Derived terms

  • vosruin

See also

  • hengst

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin ruina.

Noun

ruin m (definite singular ruinen, indefinite plural ruiner, definite plural ruinene)

  1. ruin (often in plural form when referring to buildings)

References

  • “ruin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin ruina.

Noun

ruin m (definite singular ruinen, indefinite plural ruinar, definite plural ruinane)

  1. ruin (often in plural form when referring to buildings)

References

  • “ruin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrwin/ [ˈrwĩn]
  • Rhymes: -in
  • Syllabification: ruin

Adjective

ruin m or f (masculine and feminine plural ruines)

  1. contemptible, mean, heartless
    Synonyms: vil, despreciable
  2. mean, stingy
    Synonyms: avaro, mezquino, tacaño, usurero, agarrado, cicatero
  3. wild; unruly
    Synonyms: salvaje, agresto
  4. rachitic
    Synonym: raquítico

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “ruin”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Noun

ruin c

  1. a ruin (remains of a building)
  2. ruin (financial bankruptcy)

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

  • ruinera

References

  • ruin in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • ruin in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • ruin in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
  • ruin in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

  • urin

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *duRi (thorn, splinter, fish bone), akin to Agutaynen doli and Malay duri (thorn).

Noun

ruin

  1. bone

Source: wiktionary.org