cube

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Old French cube, from Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos). Displaced Old English tæfel ("cube, die, game with dice or tables"). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kyo͞ob, IPA(key): /kjuːb/ (US) enPR: kyo͞ob, IPA(key): /kjub/ Rhymes: -uːb ==== Noun ==== cube (plural cubes) (geometry) A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces. Any object more or less in the form of a cube. Hyponyms: sugar cube, stock cube (mathematics) The third power of a number, value, term or expression. Antonym: cube root (computing) A data structure consisting of a three-dimensional array; a data cube. A Rubik's cube style puzzle, not necessarily in the shape of a cube. (informal, automotive) Clipping of cubic inch(es). (1950s slang, dated) An extremely socially conventional or conservative person, more so than even a square. ===== 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) (transitive, arithmetic) To raise to the third power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself twice. (transitive) To form into the shape of a cube. (transitive) To cut into cubes. (intransitive) To use a Rubik's cube. ===== Synonyms ===== (to cut into cubes): dice ===== Translations ===== ==== Adjective ==== cube (not comparable) (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) A cubicle, especially one of those found in offices. ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === Cebu == Albanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡subɛ/ === Etymology 1 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== cube feminine singular of cub (“bobtailed”) ==== Noun ==== cube indefinite dative/ablative singular of cubë === Etymology 2 === From Tosk variant cupe, from cup (“odd”). Similar formation with teke, meaning single-barrel gun, and çifte. ==== Alternative forms ==== cupe ==== Noun ==== cube f (plural cube, definite cubja, definite plural cubet) pocket pistol, small gun Synonyms: topanxhë, dungë, teke ===== Declension ===== === References === == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kyb/ === Noun === cube m (plural cubes) cube (all senses) third-grader ==== Descendants ==== → Romanian: cub → Turkish: küp === Adjective === cube (plural cubes) cubic ==== Derived terms ==== mètre cube === Verb === cube inflection of cuber: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive 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 feminine plural of cubo == Latin == === Noun === cube vocative singular of cubus == Portuguese == === Verb === cube inflection of cubar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative