rebus

See also Rebus, and rébus

English

Etymology

From French rébus, from Latin rebus (ablative plural of res ‘thing’), as taken 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.

From the Latin ablative plural form of res "thing" (=rebus (“of or by things”)), taken from the phrase "nōn verbīs sed rébus" meaning "not by words but by things".

Pronunciation

• enPR: rē'bəs, IPA: /ˈriːbəs/, X-SAMPA: /"ri:b@s/
• Rhymes: -iːbəs

Noun

Wikipedia rebus (plural rebuses)

1. A kind of word puzzle which uses pictures to represent words or parts of words.
2. (heraldry) A pictorial suggestion on a coat of arms of the name of the person to whom it belongs.

Translations

puzzle

• Armenian: ռեբուս (hy) (ṙebus)
• Chinese: 畫謎
• Czech: rébus (cs) m
• Danish: rebus (da)
• Dutch: rebus (nl)
• French: rébus (fr)
• German: Bilderrätsel, Rebus

• Hebrew: רבוס (he)
• Italian: rebus (it)
• Polish: rebus (pl)
• Russian: ребус (ru) (rebus) m
• Spanish: jeroglífico (es)
• Swedish: rebus (sv)
• Ukrainian: ребус (uk) (rebus)

Verb

rebus (third-person singular simple present rebuses, present participle rebusing, simple past and past participle rebused)

1. (transitive) To mark or indicate by a rebus.
   • Fuller

     He [John Morton] had a fair library rebused with More in text and Tun under it.

See also

• Wikipedia article on the rebus

Anagrams

• burse, rubes, suber

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

French rébus, from Latin rebus.

Noun

rebus

1. rebus.

Declension

    declension of rebus

nominative	rebus
genitive	rebusnıñ
dative	rebusqa
accusative	rebusnı
locative	rebusta
ablative	rebustan

References

• Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]

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French

Verb

rebus

1. first-person singular past historic of reboire
2. second-person singular past historic of reboire
3. masculine plural past participle of reboire

Anagrams

• beurs

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Italian

Noun

rebus m (invariable)

1. rebus
2. enigma
3. puzzle

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Latin

Noun

rēbus

1. dative plural of res
2. ablative plural of res

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /rěːbus/
• Hyphenation: re‧bus

Noun

rébus m (Cyrillic spelling ре́бус)

1. rebus

Declension

    declension of rebus

	singular	plural
nominative	rebus	rebusi
genitive	rebusa	rebusa
dative	rebusu	rebusima
accusative	rebus	rebuse
vocative	rebuse	rebusi
locative	rebusu	rebusima
instrumental	rebusom	rebusima

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Swedish

Noun

rebus c

1. a rebus; a kind of word puzzle

Declension

Declension of rebus

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rebus	rebusen	rebusar	rebusarna
genitive	rebus	rebusens	rebusars	rebusarnas

Related terms

• rebuslösning

Synonyms

• bildgåta

References

• Rebus in Svenska Akademiens ordlista öfver svenska språket (6th ed., 1889)