Reuben

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹuː.bən/
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• General-American: /ˈɹu.bən/
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• General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -uːbən
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• CMU ARPABET: R UW1 B AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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* From Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (r'uvén), from רְאוּ (r'ú, “see [masculine plural imperative]”) + בֵּן (ben, “son”); its literal meaning is therefore roughly, "See, all: a son!" * There are several unconfirmed etymologies for the name of the sandwich.

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: روبين (rubin) — first son of Jacob
• Bulgarian: Рувим (Ruvim) — first son of Jacob
• Catalan: Rubèn — first son of Jacob
• Cherokee: ᎷᏈᏂ (luquini) — first son of Jacob
• Chinese Mandarin: 流便 (Liúbiàn) — first son of Jacob
• Danish: Ruben — first son of Jacob
• Dutch: Ruben — first son of Jacob
• Estonian: Ruuben — first son of Jacob
• Finnish: Ruuben — first son of Jacob
• French: Ruben — first son of Jacob
• German: Ruben — first son of Jacob
• Ancient Greek: Ῥουβήν (Rhoubḗn) — first son of Jacob
• Gujarati: રૂબેન (rūben) — first son of Jacob
• Hebrew: רְאוּבֵן — first son of Jacob
• Hindi: रूबेन (rūben) — first son of Jacob
• Kazakh: Рубен (Ruben) — first son of Jacob
• Latin: Rūbēn — first son of Jacob
• Navajo: Rúben — first son of Jacob
• Norwegian: Ruben — first son of Jacob
• Portuguese: Rúben — first son of Jacob
• Portuguese: Rubem — first son of Jacob
• Russian: Руви́м (Ruvím) — first son of Jacob
• Spanish: Rubén — first son of Jacob
• Swedish: Ruben — first son of Jacob
• Armenian: Ռուբեն (Ṙuben) — male given name
• Bulgarian: Рувим (Ruvim) — male given name
• Catalan: Rubèn — male given name
• Danish: Ruben — male given name
• Dutch: Ruben — male given name
• Estonian: Ruuben — male given name
• French: Ruben — male given name
• Galician: Rubén — male given name
• German: Ruben — male given name
• Hebrew: רְאוּבֵן — male given name
• Hindi: रूबेन (rūben) — male given name
• Hungarian: Ruben — male given name
• Hungarian: Rúben — male given name
• Norwegian: Ruben — male given name
• Portuguese: Rubens — male given name
• Russian: Руви́м (Ruvím) — male given name
• Spanish: Rubén — male given name
• Swedish: Ruben — male given name
• Bulgarian: Рубен (Ruben) — grilled or toasted sandwich
• Bulgarian: Рувим (Ruvim) — member of tribe
• Catalan: Rubèn — member of tribe
• Dutch: Ruben — member of tribe
• Hebrew: רְאוּבֵן — member of tribe
• Russian: Руви́м (Ruvím) — member of tribe