ruban

See also: rubán

English

Noun

ruban (plural rubans)

  1. (obsolete) A ribbon.
    • 1770, François de Salignac de La Mothe-Fénelon, Dialogues of the Dead. A new translation, etc., page 110:
      […] and at the same time to suspend from a ruban at your neck a basket full of little Spaniels […]

French

Etymology

From a form of Middle Dutch ringhband, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz + *bandą, *bandiz (“band, fetter”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁy.bɑ̃/
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Noun

ruban m (plural rubans)

  1. band, stripe
  2. ribbon

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Persian: روبان (rubân)

Further reading

Galician

Verb

ruban

  1. inflection of rubir:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English ruban (“ribbon”),[1] from Middle French ruban.[2]

Noun

ruban m (plural rubanau, not mutable)

  1. ribbon

Mutation

Mutated forms of ruban
radical soft nasal aspirate
ruban unchanged unchanged unchanged

References

  1. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ruban”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. ^ “ruban”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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