ruby

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• /ˈɹuː.bi/
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From Middle English ruby, rube, from Old French rubi, from Medieval Latin rubīnus. Doublet of rubi and rubine. Etymology 1 sense 7 (“pronunciation guide”) is from the British 51⁄2-point type size (etymology 1 sense 6), used for annotations in printed documents.

The female name derives from ruby in the 19th century. The programming language was named after the gemstone.

189 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: ياقوتي (yaquti) — of a deep red colour
• Arabic: ياقوتية (yaqutiya) — of a deep red colour
• Bulgarian: рубинен (rubinen) — of a deep red colour
• Caló: lolo — of a deep red colour
• Caló: lola — of a deep red colour
• Caló: lolo baró — of a deep red colour
• Chinese Mandarin: 宝石红的 (bǎoshíhóng de) — of a deep red colour
• Finnish: rubiininpunainen — of a deep red colour
• French: rubis — of a deep red colour
• German: weinrot — of a deep red colour
• German: rubinrot — of a deep red colour
• German: tiefrot — of a deep red colour
• Hebrew: אדום עמוק (adom amok) — of a deep red colour
• Hungarian: vörös — of a deep red colour
• Icelandic: rúbínrauður — of a deep red colour
• Ladino: kólor rubí — of a deep red colour
• Latin: rubīnālis — of a deep red colour
• Polish: rubinowy — of a deep red colour
• Romanian: rubiniu — of a deep red colour
• Russian: руби́новый (rubínovyj) — of a deep red colour
• Sindhi: ڳاڙهو ياقوتي (gaṛho yaquti) — of a deep red colour
• Sindhi: ڳاڙهي ياقوتي (gaṛhi yaquti) — of a deep red colour
• Spanish: rubí — of a deep red colour
• Tarifit: azeggwaɣ iqessiḥen — of a deep red colour
• Tarifit: tazeggwaɣt tqessiḥt — of a deep red colour
• Volapük: rubainakölik — of a deep red colour
• Esperanto: Rubi — female given name
• Hindi: रूबी (rūbī) — female given name
• Japanese: ルビー (Rubī) — female given name
• Korean: 루비 (Rubi) — female given name
• Māori: Rupi — female given name
• Marathi: रूबी (rūbī) — female given name
• Persian: روبی (rubi) — female given name
• Russian: Руби (Rubi) — female given name
• Urdu: روبی (rūbī) — female given name
• Marathi: रूबी (rūbī) — programming language
• Persian: روبی (rubi) — programming language
• Afrikaans: robyn — type of gem
• Albanian: rubin — type of gem
• Arabic: يَاقُوت (yāqūt) — type of gem
• Arabic: ياقوت (yāgūt) — type of gem
• Armenian: սուտակ (sutak) — type of gem
• Assamese: মাণিক (manik) — type of gem
• Assamese: ডালিমা (dalima) — type of gem
• Assamese: চুনী (suni) — type of gem
• Asturian: rubín — type of gem
• Azerbaijani: yaqut — type of gem
• Azerbaijani: rubin — type of gem
• Belarusian: рубі́н (rubín) — type of gem
• Bengali: মাণিক্য ইয়াকুত (manikko) — type of gem
• Bengali: এয়াকুত (eẏakut) — type of gem
• Bulgarian: руби́н (rubín) — type of gem
• Bulgarian: рубинено червено (rubineno červeno) — type of gem
• Burmese: ကျောက်နီ (kyaukni) — type of gem
• Caló: rubí — type of gem
• Catalan: robí — type of gem
• Chinese Mandarin: 紅寶石 /红宝石 (hóngbǎoshí) — type of gem
• Crimean Tatar: yahut — type of gem
• Crimean Tatar: qan taş — type of gem
• Czech: rubín — type of gem
• Danish: rubin — type of gem
• Dutch: robijn — type of gem
• Esperanto: rubeno — type of gem
• Estonian: rubiin — type of gem
• Faroese: rubinur — type of gem
• Finnish: rubiini — type of gem
• French: rubis — type of gem
• Friulian: rubin — type of gem
• Galician: rubí — type of gem
• Georgian: ლალი (lali) — type of gem
• Georgian: ბადახში (badaxši) — type of gem
• German: Rubin — type of gem
• Greek: ρουμπίνι (roumpíni) — type of gem
• Ancient Greek: καρχηδόνιος (karkhēdónios) — type of gem
• Gujarati: માણેક (māṇek) — type of gem
• Hebrew: אֹדֶם (ódem) — type of gem
• Hindi: मानिक (mānik) — type of gem
• Hindi: माणिक्य (māṇikya) — type of gem
• Hindi: याक़ूत (yāqūt) — type of gem
• Hindi: याकूत (yākūt) — type of gem
• Hindi: लाल (lāl) — type of gem
• Hindi: चूनी (cūnī) — type of gem
• Hindi: चुन्नी (cunnī) — type of gem
• Hungarian: rubin — type of gem
• Icelandic: rúbín — type of gem
• Indonesian: bakam — type of gem
• Indonesian: batu delima — type of gem
• Indonesian: mirah — type of gem
• Irish: rúibín — type of gem
• Italian: rubino — type of gem
• Japanese: ルビー (rubī) — type of gem
• Japanese: 紅玉 (kōkyoku) — type of gem
• Kazakh: лағыл (lağyl) — type of gem
• Khmer: ត្បូងទទឹម (tboong tɔtɨm) — type of gem
• Khmer: ទទឹម (tɔɔtɔtɨm) — type of gem
• Korean: 루비 (rubi) — type of gem
• Kyrgyz: лаал (laal) — type of gem
• Ladino: rubí — type of gem
• Latin: rubinus — type of gem
• Latvian: rubīns — type of gem
• Laz: მჭითა თოლი (mç̌ita toli) — type of gem
• Lezgi: лаал (laal) — type of gem
• Lithuanian: rubinas — type of gem
• Macedonian: рубин (rubin) — type of gem
• Malay: delima — type of gem
• Malay: bakam — type of gem
• Malayalam: മാണിക്യം (māṇikyaṁ) — type of gem
• Māori: rūpi — type of gem
• Mingrelian: ლალი (lali) — type of gem
• Mongolian: бадмаараг (badmaarag) — type of gem
• Norman: rubis — type of gem
• Norwegian: rubin — type of gem
• Persian: یاقوت (yâqut) — type of gem
• Persian: یاکند (yâkand) — type of gem
• Polish: rubin — type of gem
• Portuguese: rubi — type of gem
• Punjabi: ਯਾਕੂਤ (yākūt) — type of gem
• Romanian: rubin — type of gem
• Russian: руби́н (rubín) — type of gem
• Russian: лал (lal) — type of gem
• Sanskrit: माणिक्य (māṇikya) — type of gem
• Scottish Gaelic: rùbaidh — type of gem
• Scottish Gaelic: dearg-sheud — type of gem
• Serbo-Croatian: ру̀бӣн — type of gem
• Serbo-Croatian: rùbīn — type of gem
• Sindhi: ياقوت (yaqutu) — type of gem
• Sinhalese: රතුකැට (ratukæṭa) — type of gem
• Slovak: rubín — type of gem
• Slovene: rubin — type of gem
• Spanish: rubí — type of gem
• Svan: ლა̈ლ (läl) — type of gem
• Swahili: yakuti — type of gem
• Swedish: rubin — type of gem
• Tabasaran: якьут (jaq̇ut) — type of gem
• Tagalog: rubi — type of gem
• Tajik: ёқут (yoqut) — type of gem
• Tarifit: yyaqut — type of gem
• Telugu: కెంపు (kempu) — type of gem
• Thai: ทับทิม (táp-tim) — type of gem
• Turkish: yakut — type of gem
• Ukrainian: рубі́н (rubín) — type of gem
• Urdu: یاقوت (yāqūt) — type of gem
• Uyghur: ياقۇت (yaqut) — type of gem
• Uzbek: yoqut — type of gem
• Vietnamese: hồng ngọc — type of gem
• Volapük: rubain — type of gem
• Welsh: rhuddem — type of gem
• Yiddish: רובין (rubin) — type of gem
• Arabic: ياقوتي (yaquti) — colour
• Caló: lolo rubí — colour
• Chinese Mandarin: 红宝石色 (hóngbǎoshísè) — colour
• Dutch: robijnrood — colour
• Finnish: rubiininpunainen — colour
• Galician: rubí — colour
• Georgian: წითელი ფერი (c̣iteli peri) — colour
• German: Weinrot — colour
• German: Rubinrot — colour
• Hebrew: אודם (odem) — colour
• Hungarian: rubinvörös — colour
• Icelandic: rúbínrauður — colour
• Ladino: rubí — colour
• Latin: rubeus — colour
• Portuguese: rubi — colour
• Romanian: rubiniu — colour
• Russian: руби́новый (rubínovyj) — colour
• Sindhi: ياقوتي رنگ (yaquti rangu) — colour
• Spanish: rubí — colour
• Tarifit: azeggwaɣ n yyaqut — colour
• Turkish: yakudî — colour
• Ukrainian: рубі́новий (rubínovyj) — colour
• Volapük: rubainaköl — colour
• Caló: caracteres rubí — pronunciation guide
• Chinese Mandarin: 註音 /注音 (zhùyīn) — pronunciation guide
• Chinese Mandarin: 標音 /标音 (biāoyīn) — pronunciation guide
• French: caracterès rubis — pronunciation guide
• Hebrew: טקסט רובי (tekst rubi) — pronunciation guide
• Japanese: 振り仮名 (furigana) — pronunciation guide
• Japanese: ルビ (rubi) — pronunciation guide
• Ladino: karakteres rubí — pronunciation guide
• Latin: characteres rubei — pronunciation guide
• Russian: ага́т (agát) — pronunciation guide
• Russian: ру́би (rúbi) — pronunciation guide
• Sindhi: روبي اکر (rubi akhar) — pronunciation guide
• Spanish: texto rubí — pronunciation guide
• Spanish: caracteres rubí — pronunciation guide
• Tarifit: isekkilen n ruby — pronunciation guide
• Vietnamese: chữ phiên âm — pronunciation guide
• Vietnamese: ký tự phiên âm — pronunciation guide
• Vietnamese: chữ ruby — pronunciation guide