rubor

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English

Etymology

Latin rubor

Noun

rubor (uncountable)

  1. (pathology) redness, one of the main signs of inflammation

References

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rubōrem.

Pronunciation

Noun

rubor m or f (plural rubors)

  1. blush, blushing
  2. redness (inflammation)

Derived terms

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

From rubeō (“I am red, reddish”) +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

Noun

rubor m (genitive rubōris); third declension

  1. redness
  2. (by extension) blush
  3. (figuratively) modesty
  4. (figuratively) shame, disgrace
    Dixit duas res ei rubori fuisse.
    He said that two things had abashed him.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rubor rubōrēs
Genitive rubōris rubōrum
Dative rubōrī rubōribus
Accusative rubōrem rubōrēs
Ablative rubōre rubōribus
Vocative rubor rubōrēs

Related terms

Descendants

  • → Catalan: rubor
  • Old French: rovur, roveur
  • → Portuguese: rubor, arrebol (via arrebolar)
  • → Spanish: rubor, arrebol (via arrebolar)

References

  • “rubor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “rubor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • rubor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: ru‧bor

Noun

rubor m (plural rubores)

  1. blush
    • 1995, José Saramago, Ensaio sobre a cegueira, Caminho:
      Não tinha sequer olhos para notar uma palidez, para observar um rubor da circulação periférica, […]
      He did not even have eyes to notice a paleness, to observe a blush in the peripheral circulation,

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rubor (“redness”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ruˈboɾ/
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: ru‧bor

Noun

rubor m (plural rubores)

  1. blushing, blush
  2. (by extension) embarrassment, shame
    Synonym: vergüenza
    • 2020 February 14, “Sin dinero para motel o condones: la crisis restringe sexualidad de jóvenes venezolanos”, in Newsweek‎:
      Cuando está de cacería en Tinder, la popular aplicación de citas, Jhoanna pregunta sin rubor a sus potenciales amantes por su “capacidad” económica.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

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