Rubin
English
Proper noun
Rubin (plural Rubins)
- A male given name from Hebrew, of rather rare usage, variant of Reuben.
- A surname transferred from the given name.
- 2020 January 7, Ashley Strickland, “First US observatory named in honor of a female astronomer, Vera Rubin”, in CNN[1]:
- Pioneering American astronomer Vera Rubin once mentored fellow aspiring female astronomers and advocated for women in science. It’s fitting that the first national US observatory named for a female astronomer is in her honor.
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Anagrams
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rubīnus, from ruber (“red”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Rubin m (strong, genitive Rubines or Rubins, plural Rubine)
- ruby (gem)
Declension
Declension of Rubin [masculine, strong]
Derived terms
Further reading
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ruˈbin/[1]
- Rhymes: -in
- Hyphenation: Ru‧bìn
Proper noun
Rubin m or f by sense
- a surname
References
- ^ rubino in Bruno Migliorini et al., Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia, Rai Eri, 2025
Further reading
- Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2025
- Rubini (cognome) § Varianti on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it