rubrique

See also: rubriqué

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French rubrique, from Old French rubrique, from Latin rubrīca (“red ochre”) the substance used to make red letters, from ruber (“red”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁy.bʁik/

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Noun

rubrique f (plural rubriques)

1. category, heading
2. rubric

Further reading

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

Old French

Alternative forms

• rebriche, rebrique, rubriche, rubique

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rubrīca (“red ochre”).

Noun

rubrique oblique singular, f (oblique plural rubriques, nominative singular rubrique, nominative plural rubriques)

1. red clay
2. title of a chapter

Descendants

• Middle French: rubrique, rubrice, rubriche
  • → Middle English: rubriche, robryk, rubrik, rubrice, rubrich, rubrike, rubrisch, rubrissh, rubryke, rubryssh
    • English: rubric
  • French: rubrique
• → Irish: rúibric

References

• “REBRICHE f.”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.
• “RUBRICHE f.”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.

Portuguese

Verb

rubrique

1. inflection of rubricar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruˈbɾike/ [ruˈβ̞ɾi.ke]
• Rhymes: -ike
• Syllabification: ru‧bri‧que

Verb

rubrique

1. inflection of rubricar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative