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rubine

/ˈɹuː.bin/

rubine noun: a reddish aniline dye.

Noun

rubine (countable and uncountable, plural rubines)

  1. A reddish aniline dye.
  2. (archaic, poetic) A ruby.
    • Some [wines] deepe empurpled as the hyacine ,
      Some as the rubine1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Adjective

rubine (comparative more rubine, superlative most rubine)

  1. Of a deep, red color; ruby-red.

Forms of rubine

Noun
pluralrubines
Adjective
comparativemore rubine
superlativemost rubine

Origin of rubine

From Medieval Latin rubīnus (“carbuncle, ruby”). Doublet of ruby.

Questions about rubine

What does rubine mean?
Rubine means a reddish aniline dye.
What part of speech is rubine?
Rubine can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce rubine?
Rubine is pronounced /ˈɹuː.bin/.
What is the plural of rubine?
The plural of rubine is rubines.

Words near rubine in the dictionary

  1. Rubik's cubists
  2. Rubik's Revenge
  3. Rubik's Revenges
  4. rubin
  5. Rubin vase
  6. rubine
  7. rubineous
  8. rubines
  9. Rubino
  10. Rubinomics
  11. Rubinos

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