ruby
See also: Ruby
English Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From Middle English ruby, rube, from Old French rubi, from Medieval Latin rubīnus.
Noun Edit
ruby (countable and uncountable, plural rubies)
- 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.
- (obsolete) A red spinel.
- 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
- (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 [...]
- (uncountable, printing, UK, dated) The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5½-point.
- Synonym: (US) agate
- A ruby hummer, a South American hummingbird, Clytolaema rubricauda.
- A red bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea rubra.
Derived terms Edit
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Translations Edit
type of gem
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colour
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5½-point type — see agate
Adjective Edit
ruby (comparative more ruby, superlative most ruby)
- Of a deep red colour.
Translations Edit
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)
- (transitive, poetic) To make red; to redden.
- 1725–1726, Homer, “Book 20”, in [William Broome, Elijah Fenton, and Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:
- With sanguine drops the walls are rubied
See also Edit
- (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermilion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine (Category: en:Reds)
- carbuncle
- corundum
- spinel
- Ruby on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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)
- A pronunciation guide written above or beside Chinese or Japanese characters.
Alternative forms Edit
Translations Edit
pronunciation guide
See also Edit
- Ruby characters on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams Edit
Czech Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
ruby
Middle English Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
Borrowed from Old French rubi, itself borrowed from Latin rubeus.
Alternative forms Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
ruby (plural rubies)
- A ruby (red precious stone)
- (figurative) A precious individual.
Descendants Edit
- English: ruby
References Edit
- “rubī(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2 Edit
Verb Edit
ruby
- Alternative form of robben
Silesian Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology Edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *grubъ.
Pronunciation Edit
Adjective Edit
ruby
Further reading Edit
- ruby in silling.org