rubin
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin rubinus (“ruby, carbuncle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹuːbɪn/
Noun
rubin (plural rubins)
- (obsolete) A ruby.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938:
- And, when she spake,
Sweete wordes, like dropping honny, she did shed;
And twixt the perles and rubins softly brake
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for rubin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- Bruin, Bruni, Burin, bruin, burin
Danish
Noun
rubin c (singular definite rubinen, plural indefinite rubiner)
- ruby (gemstone)
Declension
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | rubin | rubinen | rubiner | rubinerne |
| genitive | rubins | rubinens | rubiners | rubinernes |
References
- “rubin” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “rubin” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Friulian
Noun
rubin m (plural rubins)
- ruby
Hungarian
Alternative forms
- rubint (folksy)
Etymology
From German Rubin, from Medieval Latin rubinus (“ruby”), from Latin ruber (“red”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈrubin]
- Hyphenation: ru‧bin
- Rhymes: -in
Noun
rubin (plural rubinok)
- ruby (gemstone)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | rubin | rubinok |
| accusative | rubint | rubinokat |
| dative | rubinnak | rubinoknak |
| instrumental | rubinnal | rubinokkal |
| causal-final | rubinért | rubinokért |
| translative | rubinná | rubinokká |
| terminative | rubinig | rubinokig |
| essive-formal | rubinként | rubinokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | rubinban | rubinokban |
| superessive | rubinon | rubinokon |
| adessive | rubinnál | rubinoknál |
| illative | rubinba | rubinokba |
| sublative | rubinra | rubinokra |
| allative | rubinhoz | rubinokhoz |
| elative | rubinból | rubinokból |
| delative | rubinról | rubinokról |
| ablative | rubintól | rubinoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | rubiné | rubinoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | rubinéi | rubinokéi |
| Possessive forms of rubin | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | rubinom | rubinjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | rubinod | rubinjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | rubinja | rubinjai |
| 1st person plural | rubinunk | rubinjaink |
| 2nd person plural | rubinotok | rubinjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | rubinjuk | rubinjaik |
Further reading
- rubin in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
rubin m (definite singular rubinen, indefinite plural rubiner, definite plural rubinene)
- 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)
- 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 m (oblique plural rubins, nominative singular rubins, nominative plural rubin)
- 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
- ruby
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈru.bin/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ubin
- Syllabification: ru‧bin
Noun
rubin m inan (diminutive rubinek)
- ruby (gemstone)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | rubin | rubiny |
| genitive | rubinu | rubinów |
| dative | rubinowi | rubinom |
| accusative | rubin | rubiny |
| instrumental | rubinem | rubinami |
| locative | rubinie | rubinach |
| vocative | rubinie | rubiny |
Derived terms
- rubinowy
Further reading
- rubin in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- rubin in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From Italian rubino.
Noun
rubin n (plural rubine)
- ruby
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) rubin | rubinul | (niște) rubine | rubinele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) rubin | rubinului | (unor) rubine | rubinelor |
| vocative | rubinule | rubinelor | ||
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Medieval Latin rubīnus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rǔbiːn/
- Hyphenation: ru‧bin
Noun
rùbīn m (Cyrillic spelling ру̀бӣн)
- ruby (gemstone)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | rùbīn | rubini |
| genitive | rubína | rubina |
| dative | rubinu | rubinima |
| accusative | rubin | rubine |
| vocative | rubine | rubini |
| locative | rubinu | rubinima |
| instrumental | rubinom | rubinima |
References
- “rubin” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Swedish
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -iːn
Noun
rubin c
- ruby (gemstone)
Declension
| Declension of rubin | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | rubin | rubinen | rubiner | rubinerna |
| Genitive | rubins | rubinens | rubiners | rubinernas |