ruibarbo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

rhuibarbo (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French reubarbe, from Late Latin reubarbarum, probably from Koine Greek ῥῆον βάρβαρον (rhêon bárbaron), from Ancient Greek ῥῆον (rhêon, “rhubarb”) + βάρβαρον (bárbaron), neuter of βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “foreign; barbaric”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁujˈbaʁ.bu/ [huɪ̯ˈbaɦ.bu]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁujˈbaɾ.bu/ [huɪ̯ˈbaɾ.bu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁujˈbaʁ.bu/ [χuɪ̯ˈbaʁ.bu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁujˈbaɻ.bo/ [huɪ̯ˈbaɻ.bo]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁujˈbaɾ.bu/ [ʁujˈβaɾ.βu]

Rhymes: -aɾbu
Hyphenation: rui‧bar‧bo

Noun

ruibarbo m (plural ruibarbos)

rhubarb (any plant of the genus Rheum)

Derived terms

ruibarbo-da-china
ruibarbo-do-campo

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /rwiˈbaɾbo/ [rwiˈβ̞aɾ.β̞o]
Rhymes: -aɾbo
Syllabification: rui‧bar‧bo

Noun

ruibarbo m (plural ruibarbos)

rhubarb (any plant of the genus Rheum)
Synonym: pangue

Derived terms

Further reading

“ruibarbo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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