cubi

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French

Etymology

Genericized trademark, clipping of cubiteneur or cubitainer, from English cubitainer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ky.bi/
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Noun

cubi m (plural cubis) (informal)

  1. box wine
  2. (by extension) any cube-shaped plastic container for liquids

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈku.bi/
  • Rhymes: -ubi
  • Hyphenation: cù‧bi

Noun

cubi m

  1. plural of cubo

Latin

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

cubī

  1. inflection of cubus:
    1. nominative/vocative plural
    2. genitive singular

Etymology 2

See ubi.

Adverb

cubī (not comparable)

  1. Archaic form of ubi.
    • 284 BCE – 204 BCE, Livius Andronicus, Andromeda :
      conflugae cubi conventu campum totum inumigant
      [many editions read ubi here]