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ruby

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English Edit

 
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A ruby (gem).

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹuː.bi/
  • Rhymes: -uːbi
  • Audio (UK)(file)

Etymology 1 Edit

From Middle English ruby, rube, from Old French rubi, from Medieval Latin rubīnus.

Noun Edit

ruby (countable and uncountable, plural rubies)

  1. A clear, deep, red variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.
    • 2012 March, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist‎[1], volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 14 June 2012, page 128:
      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.
  2. (obsolete) A red spinel.
  3. A deep red colour.
    ruby:  
    c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:
    the natural ruby of your cheeks
  4. (heraldry) The tincture red or gules.
    • 1720, Francis Nichols, Rudiments of Honour, page 296:
      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.
    • 1726, John Guillim, The Banner Display'd; Or, an Abridgment of Guillim, page 504:
      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.
    • 1754, John Lodge, The Peerage of Ireland; Or, a Genealogical History of the ..., page 71:
      (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 [...]
  5. (uncountable, printing, UK, dated) The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5½-point.
    Synonym: (US) agate
  6. A ruby hummer, a South American hummingbird, Clytolaema rubricauda.
  7. A red bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea rubra.
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Translations Edit
5½-point type — see agate

Adjective Edit

ruby (comparative more ruby, superlative most ruby)

  1. Of a deep red colour.
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Verb Edit

ruby (third-person singular simple present rubies, present participle rubying, simple past and past participle rubied)

  1. (transitive, poetic) To make red; to redden.

See also Edit

Further reading Edit

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Ruby”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “ruby”, in Mindat.org‎[2], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.

Etymology 2 Edit

From the British 5.5-point font Ruby, used for annotations in printed documents.

Noun Edit

ruby (plural rubies)

  2. A pronunciation guide written above or beside Chinese or Japanese characters.
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Noun Edit

ruby

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative/instrumental plural of rub

Middle English Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

Borrowed from Old French rubi, itself borrowed from Latin rubeus.

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Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈriu̯biː/, /ˈriu̯beː/

Noun Edit

ruby (plural rubies)

  1. A ruby (red precious stone)
  2. (figurative) A precious individual.
Descendants Edit
  • English: ruby
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Etymology 2 Edit

Verb Edit

ruby

  1. Alternative form of robben

Silesian Edit

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Etymology Edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *grubъ.

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈrubɨ/
  • Rhymes: -ubɨ
  • Syllabification: ru‧by

Adjective Edit

ruby

  1. fat, thick

Further reading Edit

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