ruby
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Old French rubi, from Latin rubeus (“red”).
Noun[edit]
ruby (countable and uncountable, plural rubies)
- A clear, deep, red variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.
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2012 March 1, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist[1], volume 100, number 2, 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.
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- (obsolete) A red spinel.
- A deep red colour.
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ruby colour:
- Shakespeare
- the natural ruby of your cheeks
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- (uncountable, printing, Britain, dated) The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5½-point.
- A ruby hummer, a South American hummingbird, Clytolaema rubricauda.
- A red bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea rubra.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
type of gem
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colour
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5½-point type — see agate
Adjective[edit]
ruby (comparative more ruby, superlative most ruby)
- Of a deep red colour.
Translations[edit]
of a deep red colour
Verb[edit]
ruby (third-person singular simple present rubies, present participle rubying, simple past and past participle rubied)
- (transitive, poetic) To make red; to redden.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Alexander Pope to this entry?)
See also[edit]
- (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
- carbuncle
- corundum
- spinel
Ruby on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Further reading[edit]
- “Ruby” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database[2], 1997–.
- ruby mindat.org[3], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016
Etymology 2[edit]
From the British 5.5-point font Ruby, used for annotations in printed documents.
Noun[edit]
ruby (plural rubies)
- A pronunciation guide written above or beside Chinese or Japanese characters.
Translations[edit]
pronunciation guide
See also[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Silesian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Slavic *grubъ.
Adjective[edit]
ruby
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