Hyphenation
re·busTurkish pronunciation
ribısPronunciation
/ˈrēbəs/ /ˈriːbəs/
Etymology
[ 'rE-b&s ] (noun.) 1605. From French rébus, from Latin rebus (ablative plural of res ‘thing’), as taken from the phrase de rebus quae geruntur ‘concerning the things that are taking place’, used in sixteenth-century Picardie as the name for satirical pieces containing picture-riddles. From the Latin ablative plural form of res "thing" (=rebus "of or by things"), taken from the phrase "nōn verbīs sed rébus" meaning "not by words but by things".