ru
French, noun/ʁy/
ru is spelled R-U (2 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written French, the 16,327th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ru is a French masculine noun meaning “small stream” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit ruisseau”.
What does ru mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicmasculinesmall stream
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit ruisseau.
noun: 1. Restaurant universitaire, lieu de restauration collective pour les étudiants et les enseignants.
symbol: 1. Code du quartier d’immatriculation de La Réunion.
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 ru
- rus plural
- rû
- rupt
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ru?
- /ʁy/
- \ʁy\
- [ʁy.yᶣ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ru
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ru in French?
ru appears 2.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).