rut
French, noun/ʁyt/
rut is spelled R-U-T (3 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 37,709th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rut is a French masculine noun meaning “rut (sexual excitement)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Désir de s’accoupler, en parlant des cerfs et de quelques autres animaux”.
What does rut mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerut (sexual excitement)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Désir de s’accoupler, en parlant des cerfs et de quelques autres animaux. 2. Période d’accouplement des mammifères. 3. Excitation sexuelle des humains
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 rut
- ruts plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rut?
- /ʁyt/
- \ʁyt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rut
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rut in French?
rut appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).