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Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from German Rebus.
Pronunciation
Noun
rébus m inan
- rebus, puzzle, riddle
Declension
Declension of rébus (hard masculine inanimate)
Further reading
- “rébus”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
- “rébus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “rébus”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rēbus, ablative plural of rēs (“thing”); cf. English rebus for further discussion.
Pronunciation
Noun
rébus m (plural rébus)
- rebus (puzzle)
Further reading
Anagrams
Portuguese
Noun
rébus m (invariable)
- rebus (puzzle which uses pictures to represent words or parts of words)