English

Pronunciation
AHD|ro�od, IPA|/ru�d/, SAMPA|/ru:d/
audio|en-us-rude.ogg|Audio (US)

Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-u�d|-u�d

Adjective
en-adj|rud|er

1. Bad mannered.
2. obscene|Obscene, pornographic, offensive.
3. tough|Tough, robust.
4. Undeveloped, unskilled, basic.

#*year?, Corinthians 11:6, which? version of the Bible
#*:But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge
#*year?, Rudyard Kipling, The Conundrum of the Workshops
#*:When the flush of a new-born sun fell first on Eden's green and gold,
#*:Our father Adam sat under the Tree and scratched with a stick in the mould;
#*:And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart,
#*:Till the Devil whispered behind the leaves, "It's pretty, but is it Art?"

Translations
trans-top|bad-mannered
Arabic: ARchar|غ�ر ��ذب IPAchar|(��r muháððeb)
Chinese: ��� (cūbào de)
Dutch: grof
Finnish: moukkamainen, töykeä, tyly, karkea, karkeatapainen
French: impoli
German: grob, unhöflich, frech
Greek: αγενή� (agenis) m, ανάγ�γο� (anagogos) m, άξε��ο� (aksestos) m, �και�� (skeos) m
Hungarian: t|hu|durva
Italian: rude#Italian|rude
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Japanese: �礼� (����, burei na)
Korean: ���� (beoreuteomneun)
Portuguese: rude#Portuguese|rude
Russian: г��б�й (grúbyj)
Spanish: rudo
Swedish: ohövlig
Telugu: మ��� (mOTu)
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trans-top|obscene, pornographic, offensive
Finnish: rivo
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trans-top|tough, robust
Finnish: karkeatekoinen
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trans-top|undeveloped, unskilled, basic
Finnish: karkea
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ttbc|Telugu: ద�ర�స� (durusu)(2), మ�ర�� (moraTu)(4)
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French

Etymology
Latin rudis

Adjective
rude

1. rude

Category:French adjectives

Italian

Adjective
rude inv

1. tough
2. rough, coarse

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hu:rude
ja:rude
pl:rude
pt:rude
ru:rude
simple:rude
fi:rude
ta:rude
te:rude
vi:rude
zh:rude

• 2007-12-26 17:55 - Hekaheka - /* Adjective */ checked fi

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