rebus
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French rébus, from Latin rebus (ablative plural of res (“thing”)), taken either from the phrase de rebus quae geruntur "concerning the things that are taking place", used in sixteenth-century Picardie as the name for satirical pieces containing picture-riddles, or from the phrase nōn verbīs sed rēbus meaning "not by words but by things".
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
rebus (plural rebuses)
- A kind of word puzzle which uses pictures to represent words or parts of words.
- (heraldry) A pictorial suggestion on a coat of arms of the name of the person to whom it belongs.
- 2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 122:
- Will Bolton [...] used to come out here to hunt in summer and recreate himself, and his rebus — a barrel or tun shot through with a crossbow bolt — is set into the garden walls.
SynonymsEdit
- (word puzzle): dingbat
Derived termsEdit
- (word puzzle): rebus principle
TranslationsEdit
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VerbEdit
rebus (third-person singular simple present rebuses, present participle rebusing, simple past and past participle rebused)
- (transitive) To mark or indicate by a rebus.
- 1655, Thomas Fuller, Church-History of Britain
- He [John Morton] had a fair library rebussed with More in text and Tun under it.
- 1655, Thomas Fuller, Church-History of Britain
AnagramsEdit
Crimean TatarEdit
EtymologyEdit
French rébus, from Latin rebus.
NounEdit
rebus
DeclensionEdit
nominative | rebus |
---|---|
genitive | rebusnıñ |
dative | rebusqa |
accusative | rebusnı |
locative | rebusta |
ablative | rebustan |
ReferencesEdit
- Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary][1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
DanishEdit
NounEdit
rebus c (singular definite rebussen, plural indefinite rebusser)
- rebus (puzzle)
DeclensionEdit
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | rebus | rebussen | rebusser | rebusserne |
genitive | rebus' | rebussens | rebussers | rebussernes |
EstonianEdit
NounEdit
rebus
FrenchEdit
VerbEdit
rebus
- first-person singular past historic of reboire
- second-person singular past historic of reboire
ParticipleEdit
rebus
- masculine plural of the past participle of reboire
AnagramsEdit
ItalianEdit
NounEdit
rebus m (invariable)
Related termsEdit
LatinEdit
NounEdit
rēbus
ReferencesEdit
- rebus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
MalayEdit
AdjectiveEdit
rebus (Jawi spelling ربوس, plural rebus-rebus)
- boiled (food)
VerbEdit
rebus
- to boil (food)
Further readingEdit
- “rebus” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French rébus, from Latin rebus.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
rebus m inan
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
- (adjective) rebusowy
Further readingEdit
- rebus in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-CroatianEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
rébus m (Cyrillic spelling ре́бус)
DeclensionEdit
SwedishEdit
NounEdit
rebus c
- a rebus; a kind of word puzzle
DeclensionEdit
Declension of rebus | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | rebus | rebusen | rebusar | rebusarna |
Genitive | rebus | rebusens | rebusars | rebusarnas |
SynonymsEdit
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Rebus in Svenska Akademiens ordlista öfver svenska språket (6th ed., 1889)