From en.wiktionary.org:
[Ruby]
** English
[wikipedia]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
[en] From [en], [enm], from [en], from [en]. [en].
**** Noun
[~]
1. [en] A clear, deep, red variety of corundum , valued as a precious stone.
2. * [en]
3. * [ 1=en]
4. A deep red colour .
5. * [III]
6. [en] The tincture red or gules .
7. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1720 | author=Francis Nichols | title=Rudiments of Honour | page=296
|passage=_Elgin._ Topaz a Saltier and Chief RUBY, on a Canton Pearl a Lyon
Rampant Saphyr, which last is their paternal Coat; and the Field Topaz, and
Saltier, and Chief RUBY, was the Arms of King _Robert the Bruce_, they
altering the Field from Pearl (as he bore it) to Topaz. }}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1726 | author=John Guillim | title=The Banner Display'd; Or, an Abridgment of Guillim | page=504
|passage=The _Field_ is RUBY, on a _Bend_ Topaz, _three Martlets_ Diamond.
[...] Checkie Topaz and Saphire, a Fesse within a Bordure RUBY, by the Name of
_Clifford_.}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1754 | author=John Lodge | title=The Peerage of Ireland; Or, a Genealogical History of the ... | page=71
|passage=(1) Pearl, a Cross, RUBY, with the Effigies of our Saviour thereon,
Topaz, born in Memory of one of the Family's fighting against the Turks. (2)
Topaz, a Chief Indented, Saphire. (3) RUBY, three covered Cups, Topaz [...]}}
1. A [ruby hummer] , a South American hummingbird , [Clytolaema rubricauda] .
2. A red bird-of-paradise , [Paradisaea rubra] .
3. [en] [en] The size of type between pearl and nonpareil , standardize d as 5½- point .
4. [en] A red spinel .
***** Derived terms
{{col4|en |balas-ruby|rock ruby|ruby anniversary|ruby blende|ruby
chocolate|ruby red|ruby silver|ruby slippers|ruby tiger|ruby-red |Colorado
ruby |Ruby on Rails |rubasse|Mont Blanc ruby |rubious |ruby port|ruby shark
|ruby spinel |ruby wedding |ruby-throated hummingbird ([Archilochus colubris])
|star ruby|antique ruby |ruby jubilee|rose-a-ruby |ruby shark }}
***** Related terms
{{col2|en |corundum |rouge |rubicund |rufous |rubric |russet }}
***** Translations
[type of gem]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Assamese: [as] , [as] , [as]
- Asturian: [ast]
- Azerbaijani: [az] , [az]
- Belarusian: [be]
- Bengali: [bn] [bn] , [bn]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Burmese: [my]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Crimean Tatar: [crh] , [crh]
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Faroese: [fo]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Friulian: [fur]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka] , [ka]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Gujarati: [gu]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi] , [hi] , [hi] , [hi] , [hi] , [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Kazakh: [kk]
- Khmer: [km] , [km]
- Korean: [ko]
- Kyrgyz: [ky]
- Latin: [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Laz: [lzz]
- Lezgi: [lez]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Malay: [ms] , [ms]
- Malayalam: [ml]
- Maori: [mi]
- Mingrelian: [xmf]
- Mongolian: [mn]
- Norman: [nrf]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Persian: [fa] , [fa]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Punjabi: [pa]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Sanskrit: [sa]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd] , [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Sinhalese: [si]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Spanish: [es]
- Svan: [sva]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tabasaran: [tab]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Tajik: [tg]
- Telugu: [te]
- Thai: [th]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Urdu: [ur]
- Uyghur: [ug]
- Uzbek: [uz]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
- Volapük: [vo]
- Welsh: [cy]
- Yiddish: [yi]
[trans-bottom]
[colour]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is] [adjective]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Volapük: [vo]
[trans-bottom]
[5½-point type]
**** Adjective
[en-adj]
1. Of a deep, red color; ruby-red .
***** Translations
[of a deep red colour]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Polish: [pl]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Volapük: [vo]
[trans-bottom]
**** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To make red ; to redden .
2. * [20]
**** See also
[list:reds/en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [Ruby]
**** Further reading
- [R:WebMineral]
- [R:mindat]
*** Etymology 2
From the British 5½-point type size [en] (etymology 1), used for annotations
in printed documents.
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] [en] A pronunciation guide written above or beside Chinese characters .
***** Alternative forms
- [en]
***** Descendants
- [ja]
***** Translations
[pronunciation guide]
- Chinese:
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Russian: [ru] , [indeclinable] [ru]
- Vietnamese: [vi] , [vi] , [vi]
[trans-bottom]
**** See also
{{col4|en |furigana |yomigana |pinyin |Zhuyin }}
**** Further reading
- [Ruby characters]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** Czech
*** Pronunciation
- [cs-IPA]
*** Noun
[cs]
1. [cs]
** Middle English
*** Etymology 1
Borrowed from [enm], itself borrowed from [enm].
**** Alternative forms
- [enm]
**** Pronunciation
- [enm]
**** Noun
[rubies]
1. A [en] [red precious stone]
2. [enm] A precious individual .
***** Descendants
- [en]
***** References
- [entry=rubī(e]
*** Etymology 2
**** Verb
[enm]
1. [enm]
[enm]
** Silesian
*** Alternative forms
- [szl]
*** Etymology
[szl].
*** Pronunciation
[a=LL-Q30319 (szl)-Vxern-#.wav]
*** Adjective
[szl-adj]
1. fat , thick
**** Declension
[ru]
*** Further reading
- [R:szl:silling]