ruble
/ˈɹuːbəl/
ruble noun: the monetary unit of Russia, Belarus and Transnistria, equal to 100 kopeks. (Russian: копе́йка (kopéjka), Belarusian: капе́йка (kapjéjka)).
Noun
ruble (plural rubles)
- 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
- Last year, the Bank of Russia stopped minting kopeks. Only coins worth one, two, five and ten rubles were released. […] The Central Bank discontinued minting kopeks gradually. In 2012, the regulatory body stopped minting one-kopek and five-kopek coins. In 2018, the Central Bank stopped minting...2019 May 14, “Russia stops minting kopeks”, in Invest Foresight
Proper noun capitalized: Ruble
Ruble (plural Rubles)
- A surname.
ruble meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
ruble in Hindi
- Russian monetary unit
- रूबल rūbal
ruble in Marathi
- Russian monetary unit
- रूबल rūbal
ruble in Urdu
- Russian monetary unit
- روبل rūbal
ruble in Bengali
- Russian monetary unit
- রুবল rubol
More languagesFewer languages
- ruble in Gujarati
- રૂબલ rūbal
- ruble in Odia
- ରୁବଲ rubala
- ruble in Tagalog
- rublo
- ruble in Arabic
- رُوبْل rūbl
- ruble in Malay
- ruble, rubel
- ruble in Indonesian
- rubel
- ruble in Persian
- روبل rubl
- ruble in Thai
- รูเบิล ruu-bə̂l
- ruble in Vietnamese
- đồng rúp, rúp
Examples of ruble in a sentence
- The loaf of bread that cost 30 kopeikas for years was now selling for 3 rubles!
- Finally, Nichan asked me abashedly if perhaps I would lend him a few hundred rubles.
- Tolstoy gave one ruble and the laborer only a few kopejkas.
Forms of ruble
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | rubles |
| alternative form | rouble |
| alternative form | rubl |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Rubles |
Origin of ruble
Borrowed from Russian рубль (rublʹ). Doublet of rubel and rubl.
Words formed from ruble
Questions about ruble
- What does ruble mean?
- Ruble means the monetary unit of Russia, Belarus and Transnistria, equal to 100 kopeks. (Russian: копе́йка (kopéjka), Belarusian: капе́йка (kapjéjka)).
- What is ruble in Hindi?
- Ruble in Hindi is रूबल (rūbal). See Ruble meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ruble?
- Ruble can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce ruble?
- Ruble is pronounced /ˈɹuːbəl/.
- What is the plural of ruble?
- The plural of ruble is rubles.
Words near ruble in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ruble (page history and authors); Ruble (page history and authors); રૂબલ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ରୁବଲ (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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