rubin

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin rubinus (“ruby, carbuncle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹuːbɪn/

Noun

rubin (plural rubins)

1. (obsolete) A ruby.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. , London: [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     And, when she spake,
     Sweete wordes, like dropping honny, she did shed;
     And twixt the perles and rubins softly brake

   • 1884, Richard Francis Burton, transl., Camoens - The Lyricks, Ode XI (Naquelle tempo brando):

     The rubins red and bright

References

• “rubin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Bruin, Bruni, Burin, bruin, burin

Crimean Tatar

Conjunction

rubin

1. or

   Synonyms: ya, yoqsa, yahut, ya da, yahutta

References

• “rubin”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Danish

Danish Wikipedia has an article on:

rubin

Wikipedia ^da

Noun

rubin c (singular definite rubinen, plural indefinite rubiner)

1. ruby (gemstone)

Declension

References

• “rubin” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “rubin” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Friulian

Noun

rubin m (plural rubins)

1. ruby

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• rubint (folksy)

Etymology

From German Rubin, from Medieval Latin rubinus (“ruby”), from Latin ruber (“red”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ru‧bin
• Rhymes: -in

Noun

rubin (plural rubinok)

1. ruby (gemstone)

Declension

Further reading

• rubin in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

rubin m (definite singular rubinen, indefinite plural rubiner, definite plural rubinene)

1. ruby

References

• “rubin” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Medieval Latin rubinus, from rubeus.

Noun

rubin m (definite singular rubinen, indefinite plural rubinar, definite plural rubinane)

1. ruby

References

• “rubin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Alternative forms

• rubi

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin rubinus (“ruby”), from Latin rubeus (“red”).

Noun

rubin oblique singular, m (oblique plural rubins, nominative singular rubins, nominative plural rubin)

1. ruby (gemstone)

Descendants

• French: rubis
• → Middle English: ruby, rebe, ribe, rube, rubee, rubie, rybe, ryby
  • English: ruby
• Norman: rubis

See also

• esmeraude

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ryˈbiŋ/

Noun

rubin m

1. ruby

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

rubin

Wikipedia ^pl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈru.bin/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ubin
• Syllabification: ru‧bin

Noun

rubin m inan (diminutive rubinek)

1. ruby (gemstone)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• rubin in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• rubin in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian rubino.

Noun

rubin n (plural rubine)

1. ruby

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin rubīnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rǔbiːn/
• Hyphenation: ru‧bin

Noun

rùbīn m (Cyrillic spelling ру̀бӣн)

1. ruby (gemstone)

Declension

References

• “rubin” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

rubin

Wikipedia ^sv

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

rubin c

1. ruby (gemstone)

Declension