ruse

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see also: Ruse

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Etymology

From Middle English rūse, from Old French rëuse, ruse ("evasive movements of a pursued animal; trickery") (modern French ruse (“trick, ruse; cunning, guile”)), from ruser ("to use cunning, to be crafty, beguile"), possibly from Latin rursus or Latin recūsāre, from recūsō ("to decline, refuse; to object to, protest, reject").

The verb is derived from the noun.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ro͞oz, IPA: /ɹuːz/, /ɹɪu̯z/

Noun

ruse

1. (countable, often, hunting, archaic, rare) A turning or doubling back, especially of animals to get out of the way of hunting dogs.
2. (countable, by extension) An action intended to deceive; a trick.

   Near-synonyms: ploy, stratagem

3. (uncountable) Cunning, guile, trickery.

Related terms

• ruse de guerre
• recuse

Translations

• Russian: скидка

Translations

• French: ruse, finasserie
• German: Kniff, List, Finte
• Portuguese: ardil, artimanha, lábia, treta, truque, estrangeirinha
• Russian: кунштю́к
• Spanish: asechanza, artimaña, trácala (Latin America), truco, zancadilla

Translations

• French: ruse
• German: Betrügerei, Trick, Ablenkungsmanöver, Täuschungsmanöver
• Portuguese: maracutaia
• Spanish: astucia

Verb

ruse (ruses, present participle rusing; simple past and past participle rused)

1. (intransitive) To deceive or trick using a ruse.
2. (intransitive, hunting, archaic, rare) Of an animal: to turn or double back to elude hunters or their hunting dogs.

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Ruse

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɹuːseɪ/

Proper noun

1. A city in northeastern Bulgaria.

Translations

• Russian: Ру́се

Etymology 2

• As an English surname, variant of Rouse, Rowse.
• As a German - surname, variant of Reuss, Reusse.
• As a Czech - surname, Americanized from Rus.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɹuːz/

Proper noun

1. Surname.
2. A suburb in the City of Campbelltown, named after James Ruse.

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