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Italian
Etymology
From Latin ruber, from Proto-Italic *ruðros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰrós (“red”), from the root *h₁rewdʰ-.
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Adjective
rubro (feminine rubra, masculine plural rubri, feminine plural rubre) (rare)
- (archaic) red
- Synonyms: rosso, rufo
1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso [The Divine Comedy: Paradise] (paperback), Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto VI, page 105, lines 79–81:Con costui corse infino al lito rubro; ¶ con costui puose il mondo in tanta pace, ¶ che fu serrato a Giano il suo delubro.- With him it ran even to the Red Sea shore; ¶ with him it placed the world in so great peace, ¶ that unto Janus was his temple closed.
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Latin
Adjective
rubrō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ruber
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin ruber.
Pronunciation
Noun
rubro m (uncountable)
- (poetic) red (colour)
- Synonym: vermelho
Adjective
rubro (feminine rubra, masculine plural rubros, feminine plural rubras)
- (poetic) red in colour
- Synonym: vermelho
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Noun
rubro m (plural rubros)
- red
- title, heading
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