rubia

See also: Rubia

Latin

Etymology

Short for Latin rubia herba. rubia is derived from ruber (“red”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈru.bi.a/, [ˈrʊ.bi.a]

Noun

rubia f (genitive rubiae); first declension

  1. A red dye, madder.
    • c. 77-79 AD, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 19.17
      in primis rubia, tinguendis lanis et coriis necessaria
      The first of these is madder, the employment of which is necessary in dyeing wool and leather.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rubia rubiae
Genitive rubiae rubiārum
Dative rubiae rubiīs
Accusative rubiam rubiās
Ablative rubiā rubiīs
Vocative rubia rubiae

Synonyms

Descendants

References
  • rubia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • rubia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  1. “robbia” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈrubja/, [ˈruβja]
  • Rhymes: -uβia

Adjective

rubia

  1. Feminine singular of adjective rubio.

Noun

rubia f (plural rubias, masculine rubio, masculine plural rubios)

  1. female equivalent of rubio, blonde
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