rubis

See also: rubís, Rubis, and Rubiś

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French rubi, rubin, borrowed from Medieval Latin rubinus, from Latin rubeus.

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Noun

rubis m (plural rubis)

1. ruby

Derived terms

• rubis sur l’ongle

Further reading

• “rubis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• subir

Galician

Verb

rubis

1. (reintegrationist norm) second-person plural present indicative of rubir

Latin

Noun

rubīs

1. dative/ablative plural of rubus

Norman

Etymology

From Old French rubi, rubin, borrowed from Medieval Latin rubinus, from Latin rubeus (“red, reddish”), from rubeō, rubēre (“be red, ruddy”).

Noun

rubis m (plural rubis)

1. (Jersey, geology) ruby

Portuguese

Noun

rubis

1. plural of rubi