ruble

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/ˈɹuːbəl/

noun

The monetary unit of Russia, Belarus and Transnistria, equal to 100 kopeks. (Russian: копе́йка (kopéjka), Belarusian: капе́йка (kapjéjka)).

Similar
mul:₽rouble
OriginRussian рубль →
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Meanings

ruble1

nounruble (plural rubles)

plural rubles · alternative rouble · alternative rubl

  1. The monetary unit of Russia, Belarus and Transnistria, equal to 100 kopeks. (Russian: копе́йка (kopéjka), Belarusian: капе́йка (kapjéjka)).

    While the local currency is the manat, the Russian ruble is in circulation and prices are often confusingly quoted in manats and rubles. […] The currency is the manat with a hundred gopik […]

    1995, Fielding's ‘The World's Most Dangerous Places’, page 170
    1 more example

    Last year, the Bank of Russia stopped minting kopeks. Only coins worth one, two, five and ten rubles were released. […] The Central Bank discontinued minting kopeks gradually. In 2012, the regulatory body stopped minting one-kopek and five-kopek coins. In 2018, the Central Bank stopped minting kopeks completely and now mints only ruble coins.

    2019 May 14, “Russia stops minting kopeks”, in Invest Foresight

    Synonyms: mul:₽

Ruble2

proper nounRuble (plural Rubles)

plural Rubles

  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe monetary unit of Russia, Belarus and Transnistria, equal to 100 kopeks. (Russian: копе́йка (kopéjka), Belarusian: капе́йка (kapjéjka)).

Similar
mul:₽

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe basic unit of money in Russia

Similar
rouble
Broader
Russian monetary unit

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Russianрубль
  2. Russianрубль
  3. Englishruble

Borrowed from Russian рубль (rublʹ). Doublet of rubel and rubl.

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Translations

Afrikaans roebel
  • roebelRussian monetary unit
Arabic رُوبْل
  • رُوبْل (rūbl)Russian monetary unit
Basque errublo
  • errubloRussian monetary unit
Bengali রুবল
  • রুবল (rubol)Russian monetary unit
Bulgarian ру́бла
  • ру́бла (rúbla)Russian monetary unit
Catalan ruble
  • rubleRussian monetary unit
Chinese Mandarin 盧布 /卢布
  • 盧布 /卢布 (lúbù)Russian monetary unit
Czech rubl
  • rublRussian monetary unit
Danish rubel
  • rubelRussian monetary unit
Dutch roebel
  • roebelRussian monetary unit
Esperanto rublo
  • rubloRussian monetary unit
Estonian rubla
  • rublaRussian monetary unit
Finnish rupla
  • ruplaRussian monetary unit
French rouble
  • roubleRussian monetary unit
German Rubel
  • RubelRussian monetary unit
Greek ρούβλι
  • ρούβλι (roúvli)Russian monetary unit
Hebrew רוּבָּל
  • רוּבָּל (rubál)Russian monetary unit
Hindi रूबल
  • रूबल (rūbal)Russian monetary unit
Hungarian rubel
  • rubelRussian monetary unit
Icelandic rúbla
  • rúblaRussian monetary unit
Indonesian rubel
  • rubelRussian monetary unit
Irish rúbal
  • rúbalRussian monetary unit
Italian rublo
  • rubloRussian monetary unit
Japanese ルーブル
  • ルーブル (rūburu)Russian monetary unit
Korean 루블
  • 루블 (rubeul)Russian monetary unit
Latvian rublis
  • rublisRussian monetary unit
Lithuanian rublis
  • rublisRussian monetary unit
Malay ruble, rubel
  • rubleRussian monetary unit
  • rubelRussian monetary unit
Norwegian Bokmål rubel
  • rubelRussian monetary unit
Persian روبل
  • روبل (rubl)Russian monetary unit
Polish rubel
  • rubelRussian monetary unit
Portuguese rublo
  • rubloRussian monetary unit
Romanian rublă, рублэ
  • rublăRussian monetary unit
  • рублэ (rublă)Russian monetary unit
Russian рубль, целко́вый
  • рубль (rublʹ)Russian monetary unit
  • целко́вый (celkóvyj)Russian monetary unit
  • рэ (rɛ)Russian monetary unit
  • р. (r.)Russian monetary unit
  • руб. (rub.)Russian monetary unit
  • деревя́нный (derevjánnyj)Russian monetary unit
  • рупь (rupʹ)Russian monetary unit
Slovak rubeľ
  • rubeľRussian monetary unit
Spanish rublo
  • rubloRussian monetary unit
Swedish rubel
  • rubelRussian monetary unit
Tagalog rublo
  • rubloRussian monetary unit
Thai รูเบิล
  • รูเบิล (ruu-bə̂l)Russian monetary unit
Turkish ruble
  • rubleRussian monetary unit
Ukrainian рубль, карбо́ванець
  • рубль (rublʹ)Russian monetary unit
  • карбо́ванець (karbóvanecʹ)Russian monetary unit
Urdu روبل
  • روبل (rūbal)Russian monetary unit
Vietnamese đồng rúp, rúp
  • đồng rúpRussian monetary unit
  • rúpRussian monetary unit
Yiddish רובל, קערבל
  • רובל (rubl)Russian monetary unit
  • קערבל (kerbl)Russian monetary unit

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

BrulebluerburleLuberBelurburel
Cite this entry
APA

ruble. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ruble

MLA

“ruble.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ruble. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ruble,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ruble.

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