rugir

Borrowed from Latin rugīre (“roar”). First attested in the 19th century.^[1]

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ruˈʒi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ruˈd͡ʒiɾ]

rugir (first-person singular present rugeixo, first-person singular preterite rugí, past participle rugit)

1. (intransitive) to roar

• rugit

• “rugir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “rugir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “rugir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from Latin rugīre (“roar”). Cf. Old French ruir, a more gallicized variant. See also rut.

• IPA^(key): /ʁy.ʒiʁ/

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rugir

1. to roar

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

• rugissement

• “rugir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Probably borrowed from Latin rugīre (“to roar”).

rugir (first-person singular present rujo, first-person singular preterite rugi, past participle rugido)

1. to roar (to make a loud, deep cry)

• ruído

Borrowed from Latin rugīre (“roar”). Compare the inherited Old Spanish (and Ladino) ruir; cf. also the related ruido.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ruˈxiɾ/ [ruˈxiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: ru‧gir

rugir (first-person singular present rujo, first-person singular preterite rugí, past participle rugido)

1. to roar

   Synonym: bramar

2. to bellow
3. to rumble

• “rugir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16