ruck
French, noun/ʁœk/
ruck is spelled R-U-C-K (4 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 104,709th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ruck is a French masculine noun meaning “ruck” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Regroupement spontané dans lequel des joueurs d’équipes adverses se tiennent debout, se poussent les uns les…”.
What does ruck mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineruck
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Regroupement spontané dans lequel des joueurs d’équipes adverses se tiennent debout, se poussent les uns les autres et luttent au pied pour la possession du ballon à terre.
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 ruck
- rucks plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ruck?
- /ʁœk/
- \ʁœk\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ruck in French?
ruck appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).