Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rubigo

/ɹuːˈbaɪɡəʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ru-bi-go
IPA: /ɹuːˈbaɪɡəʊ/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

rust (fungal disease of plants)

Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Dr. Darwin supposes that the rubigo which shows itself in a ferruginous powder beneath the leaves of vegetables previously diseased, may be a fungus (like the eurisiphe or mildew)[…]"

Etymology

From Latin rūbīgō.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: rūbīgō

Usage

Questions

How do you pronounce rubigo?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹuːˈbaɪɡəʊ/.
What does rubigo mean?: rust (fungal disease of plants)
Where does rubigo come from?: It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce rubigo

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