1. Écroulement. La ruine d'une construction.
2. Déconfiture. La ruine d'une entreprise.
3. (Familier) Loque. Untel est devenu une ruine.
4. (Au pluriel) Décombres. Une plante qui pousse dans les ruines.
ETYM As. dôm; akin to OS. dôm, Old High Germ. tuom, Dan. and Swed. dom, Icel. dômr, Goth. dôms, Greek themis law; from the root of Eng. do, v. t. Related to Do, Deem, -dom.
An unpleasant or disastrous destiny; SYN. doomsday, day of reckoning.
ETYM Old Eng. ruine, French ruine, from Latin ruina, from ruere, rutum, to fall with violence, to rush or tumble down.
1. A ruined building.
2. An event that results in destruction; SYN. ruination.
ETYM Late Lat. ruinatio.
The act of ruining, or the state of being ruined.