name
Meaning 1
A diminutive of the male given name Reuben.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
rube
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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ro͞ob
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/ɹuːb/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -uːb
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CMU ARPABET: R UW1 B Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A male given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A person of rural heritage; a yokel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US, informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bogger, bogtrotter, boor, bucolic, bydlo, culchie, carl, churl, corncob, cornhusker, country bumpkin, country cousin, clodhopper, dubbo, joskin, hayseed, hick, hob, hobnail, hog-rubber, honyock, hunk, lob, promdi, provincial, rube, rustic, woolly back, yokel
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
An uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: yokel, hick, yahoo, hayseed, bumpkin, chawbacon
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rustic
History
Etymology
Generic use of the name Rube. See hey rube for more.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: селяндур (seljandur) — person of rural heritage; a yokel
- Czech: (venkovský) balík — person of rural heritage; a yokel
- Danish: bonderøv — person of rural heritage; a yokel
- Dutch: plattelander — person of rural heritage; a yokel
- Dutch: boerenpummel — person of rural heritage; a yokel
- Finnish: maalainen — person of rural heritage; a yokel
- French: plouc — person of rural heritage; a yokel
- German: Bauerntölpel — person of rural heritage; a yokel
- German: Bauerntrampel — person of rural heritage; a yokel
- Norwegian: bondetamp — person of rural heritage; a yokel
- Polish: wieśniak — person of rural heritage; a yokel
- Russian: деревенщина (derevenščina) — person of rural heritage; a yokel
- Bulgarian: наивник (naivnik) — pejorative: uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person
- Czech: buran — pejorative: uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person
- Czech: křupan — pejorative: uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person
- Dutch: simpele ziel — pejorative: uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person
- Dutch: sul — pejorative: uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person
- Dutch: mafkees — pejorative: uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person
- Finnish: juntti — pejorative: uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person
- German: Tölpel — pejorative: uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person
- German: Trottel — pejorative: uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person
- Hungarian: bugris — pejorative: uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person
- Polish: prostak — pejorative: uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person
- Russian: простофиля (prostofilja) — pejorative: uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person
- Russian: проста́к (prosták) — pejorative: uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person
- Russian: недотёпа (nedotjópa) — pejorative: uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person