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French
Etymology
Genericized trademark, clipping of cubiteneur or cubitainer, from English cubitainer.
Pronunciation
Noun
cubi m (plural cubis) (informal)
- box wine
- (by extension) any cube-shaped plastic container for liquids
Related terms
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈku.bi/
- Rhymes: -ubi
- Hyphenation: cù‧bi
Noun
cubi m
- plural of cubo
Latin
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
cubī
- inflection of cubus:
- nominative/vocative plural
- genitive singular
Etymology 2
See ubi.
Adverb
cubī (not comparable)
- Archaic form of ubi.
284 BCE – 204 BCE, Livius Andronicus,
Andromeda :
- conflugae cubi conventu campum totum inumigant
[many editions read ubi here]