rubin

See also: Rubin, rubín, rúbín, and rub in

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

Noun

rubin c (singular definite rubinen, plural indefinite rubiner)

1. ruby (gemstone)

Declension

Declension of rubin

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)

1. ruby

Hungarian

rubin

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)

1. 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”, 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈru.bin/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ubin
• Syllabification: ru‧bin

Noun

rubin m inan (diminutive rubinek)

1. ruby (gemstone)

Declension

Declension of rubin

	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

Borrowed from Italian rubino.

Noun

rubin n (plural rubine)

1. ruby

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	rubin	rubinul		rubine	rubinele
genitive-dative	rubin	rubinului		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)

1. ruby (gemstone)

Declension

Declension of rubin

	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 [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

rubin c

1. ruby (gemstone)

Declension

Declension of rubin

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	rubin	rubins
	definite	rubinen	rubinens
plural	indefinite	rubiner	rubiners
	definite	rubinerna	rubinernas