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English

Etymology

Short for robin redbreast. Also from Middle English robynet, robynett (“robin (bird)”), from the Middle English name Robynett, a diminutive of the Middle English name Robyn (“Robin”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???b.?n/
• Rhymes: -?b?n
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???b.?n/
• Rhymes: -?b?n
• Hyphenation: rob?in

Noun

robin (plural robins)

1. Any of various passerine birds (about 100 species) of the families Muscicapidae, Turdidae and Petroicidae (formerly Eopsaltriidae), typically with a red breast.
   1. A European robin, Erithacus rubecula.
   2. An American robin, Turdus migratorius.
2. (historical) A trimming in front of a dress.

Usage notes

The American robin is larger and quite different from the European one: English settlers in America named it from its red breast.

Synonyms

• (all senses): redbreast, robin redbreast
• (the European robin): ruddock

Related terms

• robin redbreast

Translations

See also

• round-robin

References

• European robin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Erithacus rubecula on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Erithacus rubecula on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• American robin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Turdus migratorius on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Turdus migratorius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• Biron, Brion, inorb

Catalan

Verb

robin

1. third-person plural present subjunctive form of robar
2. third-person plural imperative form of robar

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.b??/

Etymology 1

Familiar form of Robert.

Noun

robin m (plural robins)

1. (obsolete) sheep, calf

Derived terms

• robinet

Etymology 2

Derivative of robe, in the phrase homme de robe (“man of the gown”).

Noun

robin m (plural robins)

1. (archaic, derogatory) lawyer

Further reading

• “robin” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin rubinus (“ruby, carbuncle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??u?b?n/

Noun

rubin (plural rubins)

1. (obsolete) A ruby.

Anagrams

• Bruin, Bruni, Burin, bruin, burin

Danish

Noun

rubin c (singular definite rubinen, plural indefinite rubiner)

1. ruby (gemstone)

Declension

References

• “rubin” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “rubin” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Friulian

Noun

rubin m (plural rubins)

1. ruby

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• rubint (folksy)

Etymology

From German Rubin, from Medieval Latin rubinus (“ruby”), from Latin ruber (“red”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?rubin]
• Hyphenation: ru?bin
• Rhymes: -in

Noun

rubin (plural rubinok)

1. ruby (gemstone)

Declension

Further reading

• rubin in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

rubin m (definite singular rubinen, indefinite plural rubiner, definite plural rubinene)

1. ruby

References

• “rubin” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Medieval Latin rubinus, from rubeus.

Noun

rubin m (definite singular rubinen, indefinite plural rubinar, definite plural rubinane)

1. ruby

References

• “rubin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin rubinus (“ruby”), from Latin rubeus (“red”).

Noun

rubin m (oblique plural rubins, nominative singular rubins, nominative plural rubin)

1. ruby (gemstone)

Descendants

• French: rubis
• Norman: rubis

See also

• esmeraude

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ry?bi?/

Noun

rubin m

1. ruby

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ru.b?in/

Noun

rubin m inan (diminutive rubinek)

1. ruby (gemstone)

Declension

Derived terms

• rubinowy

Further reading

• rubin in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From Italian rubino

Noun

rubin n (plural rubine)

1. ruby

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin rub?nus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r?bi?n/
• Hyphenation: ru?bin

Noun

rùb?n m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. ruby (gemstone)

Declension

References

• “rubin” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i?n

Noun

rubin c

1. ruby (gemstone)

Declension