rut

rut
\ \ The rut of deer [15] and the rut of a wheel [16] are not related. The latter in fact is historically the same word as route. Both go back ultimately to Vulgar Latin *rupta, which was a noun use of the past participle of Latin rumpere ‘break’ (source also of English rout and rupture). The etymological notion underlying it is therefore of a path that has been ‘broken’ by constant use, a ‘beaten track’. It passed into Old French as rute or rote, and it was this that gave English rut, which originally denoted the ‘track’ made by a wheel. The later French form route is the source of English route [16]. Routine [17] comes from a French derivative of route. Rut ‘oestrus’ comes via Old French rut from Latin rugītus, a derivative of rugīre ‘roar’.
\ \ Cf.⇒ ROUT, RUPTURE

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  • rut — [ ryt ] n. m. • XIVe; ruit mil. XIIe; lat. rugitus « rugissement » ♦ Période d activité sexuelle des mammifères pendant laquelle les animaux cherchent à s accoupler; l état dans lequel ils se trouvent pendant cette période. Femelle en rut. ⇒… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Rut — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Rut en el campo de Booz Para Rol único tributario (Chile), véase RUT. Para otros usos del nombre propio, véase Ruth …   Wikipedia Español

  • Rut — may refer to:* Rut (mammalian reproduction), the period of time when antlered ungulates mate; for elephant rut, see Musth * Rut (roads), a depression or groove worn into a road or pathPeople with the given name Rut:* Rut Blees Luxemburg (21st… …   Wikipedia

  • rut — s.n. Stare fiziologică la animale, corespunzătoare perioadei de activitate sexuală, de durată şi periodicitate variabilă, în timpul căreia se petrec unele transformări ale aparatului genital. – Din fr. rut. Trimis de LauraGellner, 08.07.2004.… …   Dicționar Român

  • rut — (rut ) s. m. Le temps où les bêtes fauves et quelques autres sont en chaleur. •   Jamais la biche en rut n a pour fait d impuissance Traîné du fond des bois un cerf à l audience, BOILEAU Sat. VIII.    Par extension. •   Mais Jeanne tout en rut s… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

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  • rut — [rʌt] n [Sense: 1 2; Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from Old French route; ROUTE1] [Sense: 3; Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: loud sound made by a deer , from Latin rugire to roar ] 1.) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • rut — rut1 [rut] n. [< ? MFr route,ROUTE] 1. a groove, furrow, or track, esp. one made in the ground by the passage of wheeled vehicles 2. a fixed, routine course of action, thought, etc., esp. one regarded as monotonous vt. rutted, rutting to make… …   English World dictionary

  • RUT — may refer to:* Rol Único Tributario, the Chilean taxation unique contributor roll identification number * RUT (AAR), a small railroad in the north eastern United States * RUT (IATA), a state owned public use airport located in North Clarendon,… …   Wikipedia

  • rut — [ rʌt ] noun 1. ) count usually singular a situation that is boring and difficult to change: be (stuck) in a rut: If you re in a rut, change jobs. 2. ) count a deep narrow mark in the ground made by a wheel: I had to walk in frozen ruts in the… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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