ruby
Part of speech: noun
adj
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
media
monarchy
nobility
politics
printing
publishing
typography
Etymology: From Middle English ruby, rube, from Old French rubi, from Medieval Latin rubīnus. Doublet of rubi and rubine.
Sense 7 (“pronunciation guide”) is from the British 5½-point type size (sense 6), used for annotations in printed documents.
Inflected forms:
form: rubies
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more ruby
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most ruby
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: rubies
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: rubying
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: rubied
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: rubied
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A clear, deep, red variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: They respond instantly to the faintest rustling in the covert of a sheaf of Ulysses S. Grants, or the homely, rustic tinkle of a wheelbarrow full of rubies being jounced along over a nightclub floor.
Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are diamond, ruby and sapphire, emerald and other gem forms of the mineral beryl, chrysoberyl, tanzanite, tsavorite, topaz and jade.
gloss: A deep red colour.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: When now I thinke you can behold such sights, / And keepe the naturall Rubie of your Cheekes, / When mine is blanch'd with feare.
gloss: The tincture red or gules.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Elgin. Topaz a Saltier and Chief Ruby, on a Canton Pearl a Lyon Rampant Saphyr, which last is their paternal Coat; and the Field Topaz, and Saltier, and Chief Ruby, was the Arms of King Robert the Bruce, they altering the Field from Pearl (as he bore it) to Topaz.
The Field is Ruby, on a Bend Topaz, three Martlets Diamond. [...] Checkie Topaz and Saphire, a Fesse within a Bordure Ruby, by the Name of Clifford.
(1) Pearl, a Cross, Ruby, with the Effigies of our Saviour thereon, Topaz, born in Memory of one of the Family's fighting against the Turks. (2) Topaz, a Chief Indented, Saphire. (3) Ruby, three covered Cups, Topaz [...]
gloss: A ruby hummer, a South American hummingbird, Clytolaema rubricauda.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A red bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea rubra.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5½-point.
pos: noun
tags: UK
dated
uncountable
gloss: A pronunciation guide written above or beside Chinese characters.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A red spinel.
pos: noun
tags: countable
obsolete
uncountable
gloss: Of a deep, red color; ruby-red.
pos: adj
gloss: To make red; to redden.
pos: verb
tags: poetic
transitive
examples: With sanguine drops the walls are rubied
Related words: corundum
rouge
rubicund
rubric
rufous
russet
Derived words: antique ruby
balas-ruby
Colorado ruby
Mont Blanc ruby
nonruby
ovorubin
rock ruby
rose-a-ruby
rubasse
rubelet
rubious
ruby anniversary
ruby blende
ruby chocolate
Ruby Creek
ruby jubilee
rubylike
ruby port
ruby red
ruby-red
ruby shark
ruby silver
ruby slippers
ruby spinel
rubytail
rubythroat
ruby-throated hummingbird
ruby tiger
rubyware
ruby wedding
rubywood
star ruby
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: robyn
lang: Albanian
word: rubin
lang: Arabic
word: يَاقُوت
roman: yāqūt
lang: Arabic
word: ياقوت
roman: yāgūt
lang: Armenian
word: սուտակ
roman: sutak
lang: Assamese
word: মাণিক
roman: manik
lang: Assamese
word: ডালিমা
roman: dalima
lang: Assamese
word: চুনী
roman: suni
lang: Asturian
word: rubín
lang: Azerbaijani
word: yaqut
lang: Azerbaijani
word: rubin
lang: Belarusian
word: рубі́н
roman: rubín
lang: Bengali
word: মাণিক্য ইয়াকুত
roman: manikko
lang: Bengali
word: এয়াকুত
roman: eẏakut
lang: Bulgarian
word: руби́н
roman: rubín
lang: Bulgarian
word: рубинено червено
roman: rubineno červeno
lang: Burmese
word: ကျောက်နီ
roman: kyaukni
lang: Catalan
word: robí
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 紅寶石 /红宝石
roman: hóngbǎoshí
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: yahut
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: qan taş
lang: Czech
word: rubín
lang: Danish
word: rubin
lang: Dutch
word: robijn
lang: Esperanto
word: rubeno
lang: Estonian
word: rubiin
lang: Faroese
word: rubinur
lang: Finnish
word: rubiini
lang: French
word: rubis
lang: Friulian
word: rubin
lang: Galician
word: rubí
lang: Georgian
word: ლალი
roman: lali
lang: Georgian
word: ბადახში
roman: badaxši
lang: German
word: Rubin
lang: Greek
word: ρουμπίνι
roman: roumpíni
lang: Ancient Greek
word: καρχηδόνιος
roman: karkhēdónios
lang: Gujarati
word: માણેક
roman: māṇek
lang: Hebrew
word: אֹדֶם
roman: ódem
lang: Hindi
word: मानिक
roman: mānik
lang: Hindi
word: माणिक्य
roman: māṇikya
lang: Hindi
word: याक़ूत
roman: yāqūt
lang: Hindi
word: याकूत
roman: yākūt
lang: Hindi
word: लाल
roman: lāl
lang: Hindi
word: चूनी
roman: cūnī
lang: Hindi
word: चुन्नी
roman: cunnī
lang: Hungarian
word: rubin
lang: Icelandic
word: rúbín
lang: Indonesian
word: bakam
lang: Indonesian
word: batu delima
lang: Indonesian
word: mirah
lang: Irish
word: rúibín
lang: Italian
word: rubino
lang: Japanese
word: ルビー
roman: rubī
lang: Japanese
word: 紅玉
roman: kōkyoku
lang: Kazakh
word: лағыл
roman: lağyl
lang: Khmer
word: ត្បូងទទឹម
roman: tboong tɔtɨm
lang: Khmer
word: ទទឹម
roman: tɔɔtɔtɨm
lang: Korean
word: 루비
roman: rubi
lang: Kyrgyz
word: лаал
roman: laal
lang: Latin
word: rubinus
lang: Latvian
word: rubīns
lang: Laz
word: მჭითა თოლი
roman: mç̌ita toli
lang: Lezgi
word: лаал
roman: laal
lang: Lithuanian
word: rubinas
lang: Macedonian
word: рубин
roman: rubin
lang: Malay
word: delima
lang: Malay
word: bakam
lang: Malayalam
word: മാണിക്യം
roman: māṇikyaṁ
lang: Māori
word: rūpi
lang: Mingrelian
word: ლალი
roman: lali
lang: Mongolian
word: бадмаараг
roman: badmaarag
lang: Norman
word: rubis
lang: Norwegian
word: rubin
lang: Persian
word: یاقوت
roman: yâqut
lang: Persian
word: یاکند
roman: yâkand
lang: Polish
word: rubin
lang: Portuguese
word: rubi
lang: Punjabi
word: ਯਾਕੂਤ
roman: yākūt
lang: Romanian
word: rubin
lang: Russian
word: руби́н
roman: rubín
lang: Russian
word: лал
roman: lal
lang: Sanskrit
word: माणिक्य
roman: māṇikya
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: rùbaidh
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: dearg-sheud
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ру̀бӣн
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: rùbīn
lang: Sinhalese
word: රතුකැට
roman: ratukæṭa
lang: Slovak
word: rubín
lang: Slovene
word: rubin
lang: Spanish
word: rubí
lang: Svan
word: ლა̈ლ
roman: läl
lang: Swahili
word: yakuti
lang: Swedish
word: rubin
lang: Tabasaran
word: якьут
roman: jaq̇ut
lang: Tagalog
word: rubi
lang: Tajik
word: ёқут
roman: yoqut
lang: Telugu
word: కెంపు
roman: kempu
lang: Thai
word: ทับทิม
roman: táp-tim
lang: Turkish
word: yakut
lang: Ukrainian
word: рубі́н
roman: rubín
lang: Urdu
word: یاقوت
roman: yāqūt
lang: Uyghur
word: ياقۇت
roman: yaqut
lang: Uzbek
word: yoqut
lang: Vietnamese
word: hồng ngọc
lang: Volapük
word: rubain
lang: Welsh
word: rhuddem
lang: Yiddish
word: רובין
roman: rubin