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ru

Pronunciation: /ʁy/

“ru” is a French word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. small stream

In French

  1. Petit ruisseau.

Etymology

Inherited from Old French ru, riu, from Vulgar Latin *rius, from Latin rīvus (“brook, small stream”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rih₂wós (from *h₃reyh₂- (“to flow; to move, set in motion”) + *-wós).

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