Noun: rubí
Gender: m
Hyphenation: ru‧bí
| Singular m | rubí |
| Plural m | rubíes; rubís |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like rubí
sapajú,
samohú,
sirirí,
sipapú,
shampú,
quiquiriquí,
belcebú,
xaminí,
ñangapirí,
yerutí,
diyiridú,
baguarí,
pedigrí,
yaimiquí,
zurubí,
popurrí,
yaguarundí,
sarandí,
bisturí,
salsifí, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
15th-century borrowing from Catalan robí, from Old French rubin, from Medieval Latin rubīnus, from Latin rubeus (“red”) + -īnus (diminutive). See: Catalan Nouns '
robí', Latin Nouns '
rubeus'.
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