rouble

[ roo-buh l ]

/ ˈru bəl /

noun

ruble.

Nearby words

ruble

or rou·ble

[ roo-buh l ]

/ ˈru bəl /

noun

a silver or copper-alloy coin and monetary unit of Russia, the Soviet Union, and its successor states, equal to 100 kopecks.

Origin of ruble

1545–55; < Russian rubl'; Old Russian rublĭ literally, stump, plug, derivative of rubiti to chop; probably orig. denoting a piece cut from a silver bar, or a bar notched for division into smaller pieces

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Examples from the Web for rouble

All his advice was always worth having; every one of his words was worth a rouble.
The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia|Fyodor Dostoyevsky
It stands the Government in about a rouble the arshin, and sells for two roubles.
The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831|Various
Nordquist brought with him, among other things, two reindeer, bought for a rouble and a half each.
The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II|A.E. Nordenskieold
In Russia each plays for his own safety and does not care a rouble what becomes of the man next door.
Aladdin of London|Sir Max Pemberton

Man is capital—like a rouble, he is made up of trashy copper groshes and copecks.
Foma Gordyeff|Maxim Gorky

British Dictionary definitions for rouble

rouble

ruble

/ (ˈruːbəl) /

noun

the standard monetary unit of Belarus and Russia, divided into 100 kopecks

the former standard monetary unit of Tajikistan, divided into 100 tanga

Word Origin for rouble

C16: from Russian rubl silver bar, from Old Russian rublǐ bar, block of wood, from rubiti to cut up

ruble

/ (ˈruːbəl) /

noun

a variant spelling of rouble

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Word Origin and History for rouble

ruble

unit of the Russian monetary system, 1550s, via French rouble, from Russian rubl', perhaps from Old Russian rubiti "to chop, cut, hew," so called because the original metallic currency of Russia (14c.) consisted of silver bars, from which the necessary amount was cut off; from Proto-Slavic *rub-, from PIE root *reub-, *reup- "to snatch" (see rip (v.)).