rebro

See also: řebro

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rebrò, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *rébra, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rebʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rěbro/
• Hyphenation: re‧bro

Noun

rèbro n (Cyrillic spelling рѐбро)

1. rib (curved bones)

Declension

Declension of rebro

	singular	plural
nominative	rèbro	rèbra
genitive	rèbra	rebárā
dative	rèbru	rèbrima
accusative	rèbro	rèbra
vocative	rèbro	rèbra
locative	rèbru	rèbrima
instrumental	rèbrom	rèbrima

Further reading

• “rebro”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rebrò, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *rébra, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rebʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrebrɔ]

Noun

rebro n (relational adjective rebrový, diminutive rebierko)

1. rib (any of a series of long curved bones extending from the spine to or toward the sternum)

Declension

Declension of rebro
(pattern mesto)

	singular	plural
nominative	rebro	rebrá
genitive	rebra	rebier
dative	rebru	rebrám
accusative	rebro	rebrá
locative	rebre	rebrách
instrumental	rebrom	rebrami

Further reading

• “rebro”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *rebrò, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *rébra, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rebʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛ̀ːbrɔ/

Noun

rébro n

1. rib

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Neuter, hard
nom. sing.	rêbro
gen. sing.	rêbra
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	rêbro	rêbri	rêbra
genitive (rodȋlnik)	rêbra	rêber	rêber
dative (dajȃlnik)	rêbru	rêbroma	rêbrom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	rêbro	rêbri	rêbra
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	rêbru	rêbrih	rêbrih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	rêbrom	rêbroma	rêbri

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “rebro”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “rebro”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references