cube

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English

Etymology 1

From Old French cube, from Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kyo͞ob, IPA^(key): /kjuːb/
• (US) enPR: kyo͞ob, IPA^(key): /kjub/
• Rhymes: -uːb

Noun

cube (plural cubes)

1. (geometry) A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.

2. Any object more or less in the form of a cube.

   Hyponyms: sugar cube, stock cube

4. (mathematics) The third power of a number, value, term or expression.

   Antonym: cube root

5. (computing) A data structure consisting of a three-dimensional array; a data cube.
6. A Rubik's cube style puzzle, not necessarily in the shape of a cube.
8. (informal, automotive) Clipping of cubic inch(es).

Synonyms

• (geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces): regular hexahedron (rare)
• (object in the form of a cube): block, brick, die, square block
• (number raised to the third power): third power

Hypernyms

• (geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces): hexahedron, cuboid

Coordinate terms

• (Platonic solids): tetrahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron

Translations

Verb

cube (third-person singular simple present cubes, present participle cubing, simple past and past participle cubed)

1. (transitive, arithmetic) To raise to the third power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself twice.
2. (transitive) To form into the shape of a cube.
3. (transitive) To cut into cubes.

4. (intransitive) To use a Rubik's cube.

Synonyms

• (to cut into cubes): dice

Translations

Adjective

cube (not comparable)

1. (postpositive) Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice.

Derived terms

Related terms

• cubic
• cubical
• cuboid
• cubism
• cubist

See also

• line segment
• square
• tesseract

Etymology 2

Clipped form of cubicle (with intentional reference to their common shape per cube, etymology 1), which from Latin cubiculum (“a small bedchamber or lounge”), from cubare (“to lie down”).

Noun

cube (plural cubes)

1. A cubicle, especially one of those found in offices.

Translations

Anagrams

• Cebu

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kyb/

Noun

cube m (plural cubes)

1. cube (all senses)
2. third-grader

Descendants

• → Romanian: cub
• → Turkish: küp

Adjective

cube (plural cubes)

1. cubic

Derived terms

• mètre cube

Verb

cube

1. inflection of cuber:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “cube”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.be/
• Rhymes: -ube
• Hyphenation: cù‧be

Adjective

cube f

1. feminine plural of cubo

Latin

Noun

cube

1. vocative singular of cubus

Portuguese

Verb

cube

1. inflection of cubar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative