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English
Noun
cherubin (plural cherubins or cherubin)
- Obsolete form of cherub.
c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragœdy of Othello, the Moore of Venice. (First Quarto), London: N O for Thomas Walkley, , published 1622, →OCLC, , page 71:Patience, thou young and rose-lipp'd Cherubin.
c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 91, column 1:This fell whore of thine, / Hath in her more deſtruction then thy Sword, / For all her Cherubin looke.
1611, Robert Abbot, “Of Images”, in The Second Part of the Defence of the Reformed Catholicke. , London: Impensis Thomæ Adams, →OCLC, page 1164:For ſome colour of ſetting vp their idols in Churches to bee worſhiped, they full ſimply alledge the Cherubins that were ſet vp in the temple which Solomon built, which M. [William] Bishop ſaith were the images of Angels, and that they did repreſent the Angels wee will not deny, but of what ſhape they were, no man ſaith Joſephus, can cõiecture or affirme any thing.
Noun
cherubin
- Obsolete form of cherubim (plural of cherub)
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Latin
Pronunciation
Noun
cherūbīn
- plural of cherub
Old French
Etymology
From Latin cherūbīm, from Hebrew כְּרוּבִים (kərûḇîm, “cherubim, cherubs”).
Noun
cherubin oblique singular, m (oblique plural cherubins, nominative singular cherubins, nominative plural cherubin)
- cherub
Old Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin cherūbīm, from Hebrew כְּרוּבִים (kərûḇîm, “cherubim, cherubs”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cherubin m (plural cherubines or cherubins)
- cherub
c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 49v:aduxieron los ſacerdotes el archa del teſtament del criador emetieron la en ſc̃a ſc̃o ſolas alas delos cherubines- the priests led the Ark of the Testimony of the Creator and placed it in the Holy of Holies, under the wings of the cherubim
- Idem, f. 54r.
aſennor dios de los fonſſados de iſrꝉ q̃ eſtas ſobre los cherubines tu eres dios aſolas e todos los regnos de la tierra en tu mano- Oh, Lord God of the hosts of Israel, that art above the cherubim, Thou alone art God and all the kingdoms of Earth are in thy hand
Descendants
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin cherūbīm, from Ancient Greek χερούβ (kheroúb), from Hebrew כְּרוּבִים (kərûḇîm).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xɛˈru.bin/
- Rhymes: -ubin
- Syllabification: che‧ru‧bin
Noun
cherubin m pers (diminutive cherubinek)
- cherub (high-ranking angel)
Declension
Noun
cherubin m animal
- (figuratively, literary) cherub (person seen as being particularly angelic or innocent)
- Synonym: efeb
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- cherubin in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- cherubin in Polish dictionaries at PWN