rubro

Italian

Etymology

From Latin rubrum, accusative case of ruber, from Proto-Italic *ruβros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰrós (“red”), from the root *h₁rewdʰ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈru.bro/, [ˈr̺uːbr̺o]
  • Stress: rùbro
  • Hyphenation: ru‧bro

Adjective

rubro (feminine singular rubra, masculine plural rubri, feminine plural rubre) (rare)

  1. red
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso [The Divine Comedy: Paradise] (paperback), Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto VI, lines 79–81, page 105:
      Con costui corse infino al lito rubro; ¶ con costui puose il mondo in tanta pace, ¶ che fu serrato a Giano il suo delubro.
      With him it ran even to the Red Sea shore; ¶ with him it placed the world in so great peace, ¶ that unto Janus was his temple closed.
    • Synonyms: rosso, rufo

Derived terms

Latin

Adjective

rubrō

  1. dative masculine singular of ruber
  2. dative neuter singular of ruber
  3. ablative masculine singular of ruber
  4. ablative neuter singular of ruber

Portuguese

Noun

rubro m (uncountable)

  1. (poetic) red (colour)

Synonyms

Adjective

rubro m (feminine singular rubra, masculine plural rubros, feminine plural rubras, comparable)

  1. (poetic) red in colour

Synonyms

Spanish

Noun

rubro m (plural rubros)

  1. rubric
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