ruble

See also: rublje

English

Alternative forms

• rouble (via French; more common in British English), rubl

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian рубль (rublʹ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹuːbəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

Russian ruble sign (new)

ruble (plural rubles)

1. The monetary unit of Russia, Belarus and Transnistria, equal to 100 kopeks. (Russian: копе́йка (kopéjka), Belarusian: капе́йка (kapjéjka)).

   Synonym: ₽ (symbol)

   • 1995, Fielding's ‘The World's Most Dangerous Places’, page 170:

     While the local currency is the manat, the Russian ruble is in circulation and prices are often confusingly quoted in manats and rubles. […] The currency is the manat with a hundred gopik […]

   • 2019 May 14, “Russia stops minting kopeks”, in Invest Foresight‎^[1]:

     Last year, the Bank of Russia stopped minting kopeks. Only coins worth one, two, five and ten rubles were released. […] The Central Bank discontinued minting kopeks gradually. In 2012, the regulatory body stopped minting one-kopek and five-kopek coins. In 2018, the Central Bank stopped minting kopeks completely and now mints only ruble coins.

Derived terms

• petroruble

Translations

Russian monetary unit

• Abkhaz: амааҭ (amaat)
• Afrikaans: roebel
• Albanian: rubël (sq) m
• Amharic: ሩብል (rubl)
• Arabic: رُوبْل m (rūbl)

  Hijazi Arabic: روبل m (rūbl, rūbal)

• Armenian: ռուբլի (hy) (ṙubli), մանեթ (hy) (manetʻ) (dated)
• Azerbaijani:

  Arabic: مانات

  Cyrillic: манат

  Latin: rubl, manat (az) (dated)

• Bashkir: һум (hum), тәңкә (təñkə)
• Basque: errublo
• Belarusian: рубе́ль m (rubjélʹ)
• Bengali: রুবল (rubol)
• Bulgarian: ру́бла (bg) f (rúbla)
• Buryat: түхэриг (tüxerig), дүхэриг (düxerig)
• Catalan: ruble (ca) m
• Chechen: сом (som)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 盧布 / 卢布 (zh) (lúbù)

• Chuvash: тенки (tenk̬i), рубӑлӗ (rubălĕ)
• Czech: rubl (cs) m
• Danish: rubel
• Dargwa: къуруш (ɢuruš)
• Dolgan: һолкуобай (holkuobay)
• Dutch: roebel (nl) m
• Eastern Mari: теҥге (teŋge)
• Erzya: целковой (celkovoj)
• Esperanto: rublo (eo)
• Estonian: rubla (et)
• Finnish: rupla (fi)
• French: rouble (fr) m
• Georgian: მანეთი (maneti), რუბლი (rubli)
• German: Rubel (de) m
• Greek: ρούβλι (el) n (roúvli)
• Hebrew: רוּבָּל (he) m (rubál)
• Hindi: रूबल (hi) m (rūbal)
• Hungarian: rubel (hu)
• Icelandic: rúbla f
• Indonesian: rubel
• Ingrian: rublja
• Ingush: сом (som), ахча (axča)
• Irish: rúbal m
• Italian: rublo (it) m
• Japanese: ルーブル (ja) (rūburu)
• Kabardian: рубл
• Kalmyk: төл (töl), арслң (arslñ)
• Karachay-Balkar: сом (som)
• Karakalpak: manat (kaa)
• Kazakh:

  Arabic: رۋبل, سوم (dated)

  Cyrillic: рубль (rubl), сом (som) (dated)

• Khakas: салковай (salkovay)
• Khmer: រូបិយវត្ថុរុស្សី (ruupəyyea voattʰo ruhsii)
• Komi-Permyak: шать (šať)
• Komi-Zyryan: шайт (šajt)
• Korean: 루블 (ko) (rubeul)
• Kumyk: манат (manat)
• Kyrgyz: сом (ky) (som), рубль (rubl)
• Lak: къуруш (q:uruš)
• Latvian: rublis m
• Lithuanian: rublis m
• Macedonian: рубља f (rublja)
• Malay: ruble, rubel
• Marathi: रूबल (rūbal)
• Moksha: цалковай (calkovaj)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: рубль (rublʹ), цөлхөөв (cölxööv) (dated)

  Mongolian: ᠷᠦᠪᠯᠢ (rübli), ᠴᠥᠯᠬᠥᠪ (čölköb) (dated)

• Navajo: róóbl
• Nogai: манат (manat)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rubel (no)

• Ossetian: сом (som)
• Persian: روبل (fa) (rubl)
• Polish: rubel (pl) m
• Portuguese: rublo (pt) m
• Romanian: rublă (ro) f

  Cyrillic: рублэ f (rublă)

• Russian: рубль (ru) m (rublʹ), целко́вый (ru) m (celkóvyj) (colloquial), рэ (ru) m (rɛ) (slang), р. (ru) (r.), руб. (ru) (rub.) (abbreviations), деревя́нный (ru) m (derevjánnyj) (slang, pejorative), рупь (ru) m (rupʹ) (slang, nominative sg only)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: рубља f

  Roman: rublja f, rubalj m (Croatia)

• Shor: салқовый (salqovïy)
• Slovak: rubeľ m
• Slovene: rubelj m
• Southern Altai: манат (manat), салкобой (salkoboy)
• Spanish: rublo (es) m
• Swedish: rubel (sv) c
• Tagalog: rublo
• Tajik: рубл (rubl), сӯм (tg) (süm) (USSR)
• Tatar: сум (sum)
• Thai: รูเบิล (ruu-bə̂l)
• Tibetan: རུ་པོལ (ru pol)
• Tofa: соълһоовай (soʺlhoovay)
• Turkish: ruble (tr)
• Turkmen: manat, rubl

  Cyrillic: манат

• Tuvan: акша (akşa), төгерик (tögerik)
• Udmurt: манет (mańet)
• Ukrainian: рубль m (rublʹ), карбо́ванець m (karbóvanecʹ) (USSR)
• Urdu: روبل m (rūbal)
• Uyghur:

  Arabic: رۇبلى (rubli), سوم (som)

  Cyrillic: рубль (Kazakhstan)

• Uzbek: soʻm (uz), rubl (uz)

  Cyrillic: сўм (soʻm)

• Vietnamese: đồng rúp, rúp
• Yakut: солкуобай (solkuobay)
• Yiddish: רובל m (rubl), קערבל n (kerbl)

See also

• BYR

Anagrams

• Brule, Brulé, Luber, bluer, burel

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈru.βlə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈru.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈru.ble]

Noun

ruble m (plural rubles)

1. ruble (currency of Russia)

Further reading

• “ruble”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “ruble”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “ruble” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ruble” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian рубль (rublʹ).

Noun

ruble

1. ruble (currency of Russia)

Declension

Declension of ruble

	singular	plural
nominative	ruble	rubleler
genitive	rubleniñ	rublelerniñ
dative	rublege	rublelerge
accusative	rubleni	rublelerni
locative	rublede	rublelerde
ablative	rubleden	rublelerden

References

• “ruble”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈru.blɛ/
• Rhymes: -ublɛ
• Syllabification: ru‧ble

Noun

ruble m

1. nominative plural of rubel
2. accusative plural of rubel
3. vocative plural of rubel

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian рубль (rublʹ).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: rub‧le

Noun

ruble (definite accusative rubleyi, plural rubleler)

1. ruble

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “ruble”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• “ruble”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu