rupture, n.f., breaking, rupture, breaking off; (fig.) complete separation (between two persons); bursting; (med.) rupture, hernia; fracture; (paint.) mixing of colors. La — d’un os; the fracture of a bone. La — d’un tendon; the rupture of a sinew. La — d’un mariage; the breaking off of a match. En — de ban; escaped from banishment. Ils en sont venus à une —; all is at end between them.
rural, -e, adj., rural.
ruse, n.f., artifice, wile, deceit, craft, ruse, cunning, trick; (hunt.) double. User de —s; to practice deceit. — de guerre; stratagem of war.
rusé, -e, adj., artful, deceitful, cunning, crafty, sly, subtle, designing. Un — matois; a knowing card. Avoir l’air —; to look cunning.
ruser, v.n., to use deceit, craft, guile, artifice, cunning; (hunt.) to double.
russe, n.m.f. and adj., Russian.
rustaud, -e, adj., (fam.) boorish, rustic, coarse, uncouth.
rustaud, n.m., (fam.) rustic; clod-hopper.
rustaudement (-tô-dmān), adv., (fam.). V. rustiquement.
rustauderie (-tô-drî), n.f. (fam.). V. rusticité.