rouste
French, noun/ʁust/
rouste is spelled R-O-U-S-T-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 71,364th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rouste is a French feminine noun meaning “hiding, thrashing, beating” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Volée de coups, punition corporelle. → voir branlée, dégelée, dérouillée, flopée, raclée et trempe”.
What does rouste mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialfemininehiding, thrashing, beating
- 2
femininedrubbing, heavy defeat
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Volée de coups, punition corporelle. → voir branlée, dégelée, dérouillée, flopée, raclée et trempe. 2. Défaite sévère, correction.
noun: 1. Ventrèche grillée, spécialité catalane, un des ingrédients du trinchat (trinxat en catalan), plat traditionnel.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of rouste
- roustes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rouste?
- /ʁust/
- \ʁust\
- [ʁust]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rouste in French?
rouste appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).