Word.ws English Dictionary

ruelle

/ɹuːˈɛl/

ruelle noun: the space between the bed and the wall.

Noun

ruelle (plural ruelles)

  1. (archaic) The space between the bed and the wall.
  2. (archaic, historical) A chamber, (especially) as formerly used in France to hold a reception or a literary gathering.
  3. (archaic) A private circle; a coterie.

Proper noun capitalized: Ruelle

Ruelle (plural Ruelles)

  1. A surname from French.

Forms of ruelle

Noun
pluralruelles
Proper noun
pluralRuelles

Origin of ruelle

Borrowed from French ruelle.

Borrowed from French Ruelle.

Questions about ruelle

What does ruelle mean?
Ruelle means the space between the bed and the wall.
What part of speech is ruelle?
Ruelle can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce ruelle?
Ruelle is pronounced /ɹuːˈɛl/.
What is the plural of ruelle?
The plural of ruelle is ruelles.

Words near ruelle in the dictionary

  1. ruel-bones
  2. Ruelas
  3. Ruelases
  4. rueless
  5. ruelike
  6. ruelle
  7. ruelles
  8. ruellia
  9. ruellias
  10. Ruels
  11. Rueping process

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ruelle (page history and authors); Ruelle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “ruelle.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/ruelle. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.