rubor
English
Etymology
Latin rubor
Noun
rubor (uncountable)
- (pathology) redness, one of the main signs of inflammation
References
- rubor on The Free Dictionary
Anagrams
- Robur, burro
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rubor.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ruˈbo/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ruˈboɾ/
Noun
rubor m or f (plural rubors)
- blush, blushing
- redness (inflammation)
Derived terms
- ruboritzar
- ruborós
Further reading
- “rubor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Latin
Etymology
From rubeō (“I am red, reddish”) + -or.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈru.bor/, [ˈrʊbɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈru.bor/, [ˈruːbor]
Noun
rubor m (genitive rubōris); third declension
- redness
- (by extension) blush
- (figuratively) modesty
- (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
- rubēdō
- rubefaciō
- rubelliānus
- rubelliō
- rubellulus
- rubellus
- rubēns
- rubeō
- ruber
- rubēscō
- rubeus
- rubicundulus
- rubicundus
- rubidus
- rubrīca
- rubricātus
- rubrīcō
- rubrīcōsus
- rubrus
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
Noun
rubor m (plural rubores)
- 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, […]
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Spanish
Etymology
From Latin rubor (“redness”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ruˈboɾ/ [ruˈβ̞oɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: ru‧bor
Noun
rubor m (plural rubores)
- blushing, blush
- (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[sic] pregunta sin rubor a sus potenciales amantes por su “capacidad” económica.
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Further reading
- “rubor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014