rubí

See also: rubi and rubī

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese rubi, from Old Occitan rubí, from Medieval Latin rubīnus, from Latin rubeus. First attested in the 13th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruˈbi/ [ruˈβ̞i]
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

rubí m (plural rubís)

1. ruby

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “rubi”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “rubi”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rubí”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “rubí”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Spanish

Etymology

15th-century borrowing from Catalan robí, from Old French rubin, from Medieval Latin rubīnus, from Latin rubeus (“red”) + -īnus (diminutive).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruˈbi/ [ruˈβ̞i]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: ru‧bí

Noun

rubí m (plural rubís or rubíes)

1. ruby (gem)
2. (horology) jewel (of analog watch)

Derived terms

• rubí de Bohemia

 

Related terms

• rubio

 

Further reading

• “rubí”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28