cube

English

Etymology 1

From Template:L. cubus, from Greek κύβος (cybos)

Pronunciation

• (RP): kyo͞ob, /kjuːb/, /kju:b/
• (US): kyo͞ob, /kjub/, /kjub/
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  Rhymes: -uːb

Noun

1. Template:geometry A polyhedron having of six identical square faces.
2. Any object more or less in the form of a cube.

   a sugar cube

   a stock cube

3. Template:mathematics The third power of a number, value, term or expression.

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

Translations

• Arabic: Template:ARchar (ka‘bah) Template:f
• Bosnian: kocka Template:f
• Catalan: cub Template:m
• Croatian: kocka Template:f
• Dutch: kubus Template:m
• Esperanto: kubo
• Estonian: kuup
• Finnish: kuutio
• French: cube Template:m
• German: Kubus Template:m
• Greek: κύβος Template:m
• Hebrew: Template:he-translation Template:f
• Hungarian: kocka
• Italian: cubo Template:m
• Japanese: 立方体 (りっぽうたい, rippōtai)

• Latin: cubus Template:m
• Latvian: kubs Template:m
• Polish: sześcian Template:m
• Portuguese: cubo Template:m
• Russian: куб Template:m
• Serbian:

  Cyrillic: коцка Template:f

  Roman: kocka Template:f

• Slovene: kocka Template:f
• Swedish: kub

• Turkish: küp

• Arabic: Template:ARchar (ka‘bah) Template:f
• Dutch: blokje Template:n, klontje Template:n (suiker), bouillonblokje Template:n
• Esperanto: kubo
• Finnish: kuutio
• German: Würfel Template:m
• Hebrew: Template:he-translation Template:f
• Hungarian: kocka
• Italian: cubo Template:m, dado Template:m, cuboide Template:m
• Japanese: 角砂糖 (かくざとう, kakuzatō) (sugar cube)

• Polish: kostka Template:f
• Portuguese: cubo Template:m
• Russian: куб Template:m, кубик Template:m
• Slovene: kocka Template:f
• Spanish: terrón Template:m (sugar)
• Swedish: block Template:n, kub

, tärning

• Turkish: küp

• Catalan: cub, Template:m
• Dutch: derde macht
• Finnish: kuutio
• French: cube Template:m
• Greek: κύβος Template:m
• Hebrew: Template:he-translation
• Hungaria: köb
• Italian: cubo Template:m
• Japanese: 三乗 (さんじょう, sanjō), 立方 (りっぽう, rippō)

• Polish: do sześcianu
• Portuguese: cubo Template:m
• Russian: куб Template:m
• Slovene: kub Template:m
• Spanish: cubo
• Swedish: kub

• Turkish: küpü

Translations to be checked

Template:ttbc: 立方體/立方体 (lìfāngtǐ) (1), 方塊/方块 (fāng kuài) (2), 立方 (lìfāng) (4) Template:ttbc: kubus Template:ttbc: cubo

Template:ttbc: cubus Template:ttbc: cub Template:n Template:ttbc: kocka Template:f (1,2)

Transitive verb

(3ª persona sing. presente cub, participio presente ing, passato semplice e participio passato [[{{{3}}}#Inglese|{{{3}}}]])

1. Template:arithmetic To raise to the third power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself twice.

   Three cubed can be written as 3³, and equals twenty-seven.

2. Template:rfv-sense To form into the shape of a cube.
3. To cut into cubes.

   Cube the ham right after adding the curry to the rice.

4. Template:rfv-sense To paint a picture or form an image in the cubist style.

Synonyms

• (to cut into cubes): dice

Translations

• Catalan: elevar al cub
• Dutch: tot de derde macht verheffen
• Finnish: korottaa kolmanteen potenssiin, kuutioida
• French: élever à la troisième puissance
• Hungarian: köbre emel
• Interlingua: cubar, elevar al cubo, elevar al tertie potentia
• Italian: elevare al cubo, elevare alla terza (potenza)

• Japanese: 三乗する (さんじょうする, sanjōsuru)
• Polish: podnosić do sześcianu
• Portuguese: cubar, elevar ao cubo, elevar à terceira potência
• Turkish: küpünü almak
• Swedish: upphöja i kub, upphöja till tre, upphöja till tredje potensen, ta i kubik

• Dutch: in blokjes snijden
• Finnish: kuutioida
• German: würfeln

• Italian: cubettare
• Japanese: さいの目に切る (さいのめにきる, sainome ni kiru)
• Swedish: tärna

• Dutch: tot een kubus vormen

• Portuguese: dar forma de cubo a

Translations to be checked

• Template:ttbc: 倍立方 (bèi lìfāng)
• Template:ttbc: cubar (2)

Related terms

• cubic
• cubical
• cuboid
• cubism
• cubist

Derived terms

• bath cube
• bouillon cube
• cube candle
• cube root
• cube steak

• cube van
• cubiform
• hypercube
• ice cube

• Rubik's cube
• snub cube
• stock cube
• sugar cube

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See also

• line segment
• square
• tesseract

Etymology 2

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

Noun

1. A cubicle; especially of those found in offices.