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rubel

rubel is the alternative form of ruble.

Meaning of ruble

Noun

ruble (plural rubles)

  1. The monetary unit of Russia, Belarus and Transnistria, equal to 100 kopeks. (Russian: копе́йка (kopéjka), Belarusian: капе́йка (kapjéjka)).
    • While the local currency is the manat, the Russian ruble is in circulation and prices are often confusingly quoted in manats and rubles. […] The currency is the manat with a hundred gopik […]1995, Fielding's ‘The World's Most Dangerous Places’, page 170

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Forms of rubel

pluralrublei

Origin of rubel

Transliteration of Belarusian рубе́ль (rubjélʹ). Doublet of rubl and ruble.

Questions about rubel

What is rubel the alternative form of?
Rubel is the alternative form of ruble.

Words near rubel in the dictionary

  1. rubefied
  2. rubefies
  3. rubefy
  4. rubefying
  5. rubegoldbergian
  6. rubel
  7. rubelet
  8. rubelets
  9. rubelike
  10. rubella
  11. rubellalike

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