Ruby
SEE: Agatenoun — Plural: Rubies, rubles
- 1.
- (a clear deepled variety of corundum valued as a gem, having the dark red col, our of a ruby) ពណ៌ក្រហម, ពណ៌ទង់ដែងជាំ made of ruby ត្បូងទទឹម, the color ruby ពណ៌ឈាមជ្រូក
adjective
- 1.
- (Color. Of the color ruby) នៃពណ៌ឈាមជ្រូក
ENGLISH MEANING
noun — Plural: Rubies, rubles
- 1.
- A precious stone of a carmine red color, sometimes verging to violet, or intermediate between carmine and hyacinth red. It is a red crystallized variety of corundum.
- 2.
- The color of a ruby; carmine red; a red tint.
- 3.
- That which has the color of the ruby, as red wine. Hence, a red blain or carbuncle.
- 4.
- Any species of South American humming birds of the genus Clytolaema. The males have a ruby-colored throat or breast.
adjective
- 1.
- Ruby-colored; red; as, ruby lips.
verb
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To make red; to redden.