rubber

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌbə/
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• US: /ˈɹʌbɚ/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈɹɐbə/
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• Northern-England: /ˈɹʊbə/
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• Ireland: /ˈɹʊbəɹ/
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• Northern-Ireland, Scotland: /ˈɹʌbəɹ/
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• South-Asia: /ˈrəbbə(r)/
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• rhymes with -ʌbə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: R AH1 B ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From rub + -er. The sense of the substance comes from its ability to function as an eraser, displacing earlier caoutchouc. The senses not pertaining to rubbing or erasing are secondarily derived from the name of the substance.

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214 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: непокрит (nepokrit) — not covered by funds
• Finnish: katteeton — not covered by funds
• French: chèque en bois — not covered by funds
• Spanish: cheque sin fondos — not covered by funds
• Albanian: gomë — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Albanian: kauçuk — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Arabic: مَطَّاط (maṭṭāṭ) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Arabic: كاوتش (kāwitš) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Arabic: ربل (rabal) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Armenian: ռետին (ṙetin) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Azerbaijani: kauçuk — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Azerbaijani: rezin — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Belarusian: гу́ма (húma) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Belarusian: каўчу́к (kawčúk) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Bengali: রবার (robar) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Bulgarian: гу́ма (gúma) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Bulgarian: ка́учук (káučuk) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Burmese: ရာဘာ (rabha) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Burmese: ရော်ဘာ (raubha) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Cahuilla: 'uuli' — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Catalan: cautxú — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Chamicuro: kawcho — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Cherokee: ᎠᏜ (adla) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Chichewa: mpira — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Chinese: 橡奶 (chhiǔn-lin, chhiūn-ni, chhiū-leng, chhiū-ni) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Chinese Mandarin: 橡膠 /橡胶 (xiàngjiāo) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Chinese Mandarin: 橡皮 (xiàngpí) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• West Circassian: хьашъо (ḥašwo) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Czech: guma — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Czech: pryž — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Czech: kaučuk — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Danish: gummi — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Dutch: rubber — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Esperanto: kaŭĉuko — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Estonian: kummi — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Finnish: kumi — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Finnish: kautsu — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Finnish: luonnonkumi — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Finnish: raakakumi — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• French: caoutchouc — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• French: gomme — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• West-Frisian: rubber — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Galician: goma — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Georgian: რეზინი (rezini) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• German: Gummi — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• German: Kautschuk — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Greek: ελαστικό κόμμι (elastikó kómmi) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Greek: καουτσούκ (kaoutsoúk) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Hawaiian: laholio — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Hebrew: גוּמִי (gúmi) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Hindi: रबर (rabar) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Hindi: रबड़ (rabaṛ) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Hungarian: gumi — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Icelandic: gúmmí — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Ido: kauchuko — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Indonesian: karet — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Irish: rubar — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Italian: gomma — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Japanese: ゴム (gomu) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Kabuverdianu: buraxa — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Kazakh: каучук (kauçuk) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Khmer: កៅស៊ូ (kawsuu) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Korean: 고무 (gomu) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Northern Kurdish: kaûçik — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Kyrgyz: резина (rezina) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Kyrgyz: каучук (kaucuk) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Lao: ຢາງ (yāng) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Latin: gumma — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Latvian: gumija — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Lithuanian: guma — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Macedonian: гу́ма (gúma) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Malay: getah — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Malayalam: റബ്ബർ (ṟabbaṟ) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Maltese: gomma — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Māori: tawau — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Mongolian: резин (rezin) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Mongolian: эрзээн (erzeen) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Mongolian: каучук (kaučuk) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Classical Nahuatl: ōlli — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Nepali: रबर (rabar) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Nepali: रबड (rabaḍ) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Norwegian Bokmål: gummi — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gummi — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Pashto: ربړ (rabaṛ) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Iranian Persian: کائوچو (kâ'uču) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Iranian Persian: لاستیک (lâstik) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Polish: guma — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Polish: kauczuk — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Portuguese: borracha — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Romanian: cauciuc — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Russian: рези́на (rezína) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Russian: каучу́к (kaučúk) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Samoan: pulu — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Serbo-Croatian: гу̏ма — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Serbo-Croatian: gȕma — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Sikkimese: གྱིག (gyig) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Slovak: guma — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Slovak: kaučuk — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Slovene: guma — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Spanish: caucho — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Spanish: goma — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Spanish: hule — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Swedish: gummi — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Tagalog: goma — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Tahitian: uaua — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Tajik: резина (rezina) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Tajik: каучук (kaučuk) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Taos: úliną — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Tatar: каучук (qawçuq) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Thai: ยาง (yaang) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Tibetan: འགྱིག ('gyig) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Turkish: kauçuk — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Turkmen: kauçuk — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Turkmen: rezin — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Ukrainian: гу́ма (húma) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Ukrainian: каучу́к (kaučúk) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Unami: shishipèk — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Urdu: رَبَڑ (rabaṛ) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Uyghur: كاۋچۇك (kawchuk) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Uzbek: rezina — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Uzbek: kauchuk — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Vietnamese: cao su — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Welsh: rwber — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Yiddish: גומע (gume) — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Zhuang: gau — pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree
• Bulgarian: гу́ма (gúma) — synthetic materials with the same properties
• Catalan: goma — synthetic materials with the same properties
• Czech: guma — synthetic materials with the same properties
• Czech: pryž — synthetic materials with the same properties
• Esperanto: gumo — synthetic materials with the same properties
• Estonian: kummi — synthetic materials with the same properties
• Finnish: kumi — synthetic materials with the same properties
• French: gomme — synthetic materials with the same properties
• French: caoutchouc — synthetic materials with the same properties
• Galician: goma — synthetic materials with the same properties
• Georgian: რეზინი (rezini) — synthetic materials with the same properties
• German: Gummi — synthetic materials with the same properties
• German: Kautschuk — synthetic materials with the same properties
• Greek: λάστιχο (lásticho) — synthetic materials with the same properties
• Hungarian: gumi — synthetic materials with the same properties
• Japanese: ゴム (gomu) — synthetic materials with the same properties
• Japanese: 合成ゴム (gōsei-gomu) — synthetic materials with the same properties
• Latvian: gumija — synthetic materials with the same properties
• Macedonian: гума (guma) — synthetic materials with the same properties
• Malayalam: റബ്ബർ (ṟabbaṟ) — synthetic materials with the same properties
• Norwegian Bokmål: kunstgummi — synthetic materials with the same properties
• Polish: guma — synthetic materials with the same properties
• Portuguese: borracha — synthetic materials with the same properties
• Romanian: cauciuc — synthetic materials with the same properties
• Russian: рези́на (rezína) — synthetic materials with the same properties
• Spanish: goma — synthetic materials with the same properties
• Bulgarian: презервати́в (prezervatív) — condom
• Catalan: condó — condom
• Chinese Mandarin: 套兒 /套儿 (tàor) — condom
• Chinese Mandarin: 安全套 (ānquántào) — condom
• Chinese Mandarin: 避孕套 (bìyùntào) — condom
• Dutch: condoom — condom
• Dutch: rubber — condom
• Estonian: kondoom — condom
• Estonian: kumm class slang — condom
• Finnish: kumi — condom
• French: capote — condom
• French: condom — condom
• French: préservatif — condom
• German: Gummi — condom
• German: Kondom — condom
• German: Präservativ — condom
• Greek: προφυλακτικό (profylaktikó) — condom
• Hungarian: gumi — condom
• Hungarian: óvszer — condom
• Hungarian: koton — condom
• Irish: coiscín — condom
• Italian: preservativo — condom
• Japanese: ゴム (gomu) — condom
• Norwegian Bokmål: gummi — condom
• Norwegian Bokmål: kondom — condom
• Polish: gumka — condom
• Portuguese: camisinha — condom
• Portuguese: preservativo — condom
• Russian: презервати́в (prezervatív) — condom
• Russian: рези́нка (rezínka) — condom
• Russian: гондо́н (gondón) — condom
• Spanish: goma — condom
• Swedish: gummi — condom
• Turkish: prezervatif — condom
• Turkish: kondom — condom
• Turkish: şapka — condom
• Finnish: hankaaja — someone or something which rubs
• Marathi: चोळणारा (coḷṇārā) — someone or something which rubs
• Marathi: चोळणारी (coḷṇārī) — someone or something which rubs
• Catalan: placa del llançador — baseball: pad on the pitcher's mound
• Finnish: syöttölaatta — baseball: pad on the pitcher's mound
• Bulgarian: гало́ши (galóši) — water resistant shoe covers
• Dutch: overschoenen — water resistant shoe covers
• Finnish: kalossi — water resistant shoe covers
• Greek: γαλότσες (galótses) — water resistant shoe covers
• Macedonian: галоши (galoši) — water resistant shoe covers
• Norwegian Bokmål: kalosj — water resistant shoe covers
• Russian: гало́ши (galóši) — water resistant shoe covers
• Russian: кало́ши (kalóši) — water resistant shoe covers
• Finnish: kumi — tires
• Finnish: kumit — tires
• French: gommes — tires
• German: Gummi — tires
• Greek: λάστιχα (lásticha) — tires
• Hungarian: gumi — tires
• Hungarian: gumiabroncs — tires
• Japanese: ゴム (gomu) — tires
• Norwegian Bokmål: dekk — tires
• Norwegian Bokmål: bilgummi — tires
• Romanian: cauciuc — tires
• Russian: ши́ны (šíny) — tires
• Russian: рези́на (rezína) — tires
• Spanish: goma — tires