noun🔗ShareRubisA clear, deep, red variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone."My grandmother's ring featured a beautiful ruby. "La bague de ma grand-mère comportait un magnifique rubis.mineralgeologymaterialvalueChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareRubisA red spinel."The jeweler explained that the antique ring contained a ruby, a type of red spinel, rather than a true ruby. "Le bijoutier a expliqué que la bague antique contenait un rubis, un type de spinelle rouge, plutôt qu'un véritable rubis.mineralmaterialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareRouge rubisA deep red colour."The dress was a beautiful ruby red. "La robe était d'un magnifique rouge rubis.colorChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareRouge rubisThe tincture red or gules."The artist used a ruby-colored paint to highlight the details in the drawing. "L'artiste a utilisé une peinture rouge rubis pour mettre en valeur les détails du dessin.heraldrycolorChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareRubisThe size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5½-point."The cookbook recipe called for a ruby-sized font for the ingredient list. "La recette du livre de cuisine demandait une police de taille rubis pour la liste des ingrédients.typewritingpointnumberChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareRubis à queue rougeA ruby hummer, a South American hummingbird, Clytolaema rubricauda."While hiking in the Andes, the ornithologist spotted a ruby, its red tail flashing in the sunlight. "En randonnée dans les Andes, l'ornithologue a aperçu un rubis à queue rouge, sa queue rougeoyant au soleil.animalbirdnatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareParadisier rougeA red bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea rubra."The ruby is a beautiful, red bird, and my sister loves to watch them at the zoo. "Le paradisier rouge est un bel oiseau rouge, et ma sœur adore les regarder au zoo.birdanimalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareRougir, teinter en rougeTo make red; to redden."The chef rubbed the sauce into the meat, ruby-ing the surface. "Le chef a frotté la sauce sur la viande, la teintant en rouge.colorChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareRouge rubis, rouge foncéOf a deep red colour."The sunset painted the sky in ruby hues. "Le coucher de soleil a peint le ciel de teintes rouge rubis.colorChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareGuide de prononciationA pronunciation guide written above or beside Chinese or Japanese characters."The student used the ruby to understand the pronunciation of the difficult Japanese word. "L'étudiant a utilisé le guide de prononciation pour comprendre la prononciation du mot japonais difficile.languagewritingcharactercommunicationlinguisticswordeducationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
