ruby
See also: Ruby
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English ruby, rube, from Old French rubi, from Medieval Latin rubīnus.
NounEdit
ruby (countable and uncountable, plural rubies)
- A clear, deep, red variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.
- 2012 March 1, 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.
- (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 termsEdit
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
type of gem
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colour
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5½-point type — see agate
AdjectiveEdit
ruby (comparative more ruby, superlative most ruby)
- Of a deep red colour.
TranslationsEdit
of a deep red colour
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VerbEdit
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 alsoEdit
- (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, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine (Category: en:Reds)
- carbuncle
- corundum
- spinel
- Ruby on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Further readingEdit
- David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Ruby”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “ruby”, in Mindat.org[2], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.
Etymology 2Edit
From the British 5.5-point font Ruby, used for annotations in printed documents.
NounEdit
ruby (plural rubies)
- A pronunciation guide written above or beside Chinese or Japanese characters.
Alternative formsEdit
TranslationsEdit
pronunciation guide
See alsoEdit
AnagramsEdit
CzechEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ruby
Middle EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Old French rubi, itself borrowed from Latin rubeus.
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ruby (plural rubies)
- A ruby (red precious stone)
- (figuratively) A precious individual.
DescendantsEdit
- English: ruby
ReferencesEdit
- “rubī(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
ruby
- Alternative form of robben
SilesianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Slavic *grubъ.
AdjectiveEdit
ruby