rubrica

See also: rubricá and rúbrica

Italian

Etymology

From Latin rubrīca (“red ochre”).

Noun

rubrica f (plural rubriche)

1. rubric (a heading in a book highlighted in red)
2. notebook (consisting of indexed paper)
   1. address book
   2. phonebook
3. column or page (in a newspaper)

   la rubrica sportiva ― the sports column

   la rubrica economica ― the business column

   la rubrica politica ― the political column

4. spot (part of a broadcast), time

   una rubrica sportiva di un programma televisivo

   a spot on a television program on sport

Synonyms

• (column): cronaca

Derived terms

• rubricatura

See also

• blocchetto
• blocco

Anagrams

• carburi, carrubi, rubarci

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Latin

Etymology

From ruber (“red”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ruˈbriː.ka/, [rʊˈbriːkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ruˈbri.ka/, [ruˈbriːkä]

Noun

rubrīca f (genitive rubrīcae); first declension

1. red ochre, ruddle (red earth for coloring)
2. (by extension) rubric (title of a law, written in red)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	rubrīca	rubrīcae
genitive	rubrīcae	rubrīcārum
dative	rubrīcae	rubrīcīs
accusative	rubrīcam	rubrīcās
ablative	rubrīcā	rubrīcīs
vocative	rubrīca	rubrīcae

Descendants

• German: Rubrik
• Italian: rubrica
• Old French: rubrique
  • Dutch: rubriek
  • English: rubric
  • French: rubrique
• Portuguese: rubrica
• Russian: рубрика (rubrika)
• Spanish: rúbrica

References

• “rubrica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “rubrica”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• rubrica in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• rubrica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “rubrica”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

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Portuguese

Example of a rubrica (simplified signature). This one in particular is a fictitious example, from a hypothetical signer called José dos Reis.

Etymology

From Latin rubrīca (“red ochre”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ru‧bri‧ca

Noun

rubrica f (plural rubricas)

1. initials (simplified signature)
2. heading; subject
3. (journalism) feature
4. rubric

Verb

rubrica

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Spanish

Verb

rubrica

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of rubricar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of rubricar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of rubricar.