See roué

French

Pronunciation

• An audio transcript can be found at Fr-roue.ogg
• w:IPA|IPA: /ʁu/
• w:SAMPA|SAMPA: /Ru/

Noun

1. A wheel.
2. : Une roue de vélo (bike wheel), une roue de secours (spare wheel)
3. : Roue de moulin : mill wheel.
4. : Roue dentée (or engrenage) : toothed wheel, cogwheel
5. An old torture, the penalty of the wheel : le supplice de la roue. See rouer.
6. A roue, a method of using head, water, and flour to create a sticky sort of sauce which then, when more water is added, becomes a flavorful gravy, IF there were meat drippings stuck to the pan already when you started making the roue. Rachel Ray does an excellent job of demonstrating this on 1, but then again, so does 2, and every other chef on tv. If you watch those shows, you can learn how to "make something up" once you understand the chemistry behind all that mixing and blending of ingredients.

Derived terms

• rotatif
• rotation
• rotonde
• rotule

• rouage
• rouleau
• rouler
• roulette

• la cinquième roue du carosse
• la roue tourne
• mettre des bâtons dans les roues
• se mettre dans la roue (de quelqu'un)

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