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All 4 letters words made out of ruby

ruby urby rbuy bruy ubry bury ruyb uryb ryub yrub uyrb yurb rbyu bryu rybu yrbu byru ybru ubyr buyr uybr yubr byur ybur

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Definitions and meaning of ruby

ruby

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹuː.bi/
• Rhymes: -uːbi

Etymology 1

From Middle English ruby, rube, from Old French rubi, from Medieval Latin rubīnus.

Noun

ruby (countable and uncountable, plural rubies)

1. A clear, deep, red variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.
2. (obsolete) A red spinel.
3. A deep red colour.
4. (heraldry) The tincture red or gules.
6. (uncountable, printing, UK, dated) The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5½-point.

   Synonym: (US) agate

7. A ruby hummer, a South American hummingbird, Clytolaema rubricauda.
8. A red bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea rubra.

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Adjective

ruby (comparative more ruby, superlative most ruby)

1. Of a deep red colour.

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Verb

ruby (third-person singular simple present rubies, present participle rubying, simple past and past participle rubied)

1. (transitive, poetic) To make red; to redden.

See also

• (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermilion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine ^{(Category: en:Reds)}
• carbuncle
• corundum
• spinel
• Ruby on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Ruby”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
• “ruby”, in Mindat.org‎^[2], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

Etymology 2

From the British 5½-point type size ruby (etymology 1), used for annotations in printed documents.

Noun

ruby (plural rubies)

2. (typography) A pronunciation guide written above or beside Chinese characters.

Alternative forms

• rubi

Descendants

• → Japanese: ルビ (rubi)

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See also

Further reading

• Ruby characters on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• -bury, Bury, bury

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrubɪ]

Noun

ruby

1. nominative/accusative/vocative/instrumental plural of rub

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French rubi, itself borrowed from Latin rubeus.

Alternative forms

• rebe, ribe, rube, rubee, rubie, rybe, ryby

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈriu̯biː/, /ˈriu̯beː/

Noun

ruby (plural rubies)

1. A ruby (red precious stone)
2. (figuratively) A precious individual.

Descendants

• English: ruby

References

• “rubī(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Verb

ruby

1. Alternative form of robben

Silesian

Alternative forms

• hruby

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *grubъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrubɨ/
• Rhymes: -ubɨ
• Syllabification: ru‧by

Adjective

ruby

1. fat, thick

Declension

Further reading

• ruby in silling.org