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Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin cubus.

Noun

cubo m (plural cubos)

  1. cube

References

Galician

Etymology 1

From Latin cubus.

Pronunciation

Noun

cubo m (plural cubos)

  1. cube (shape)

Etymology 2

From cuba, from Latin cupa.

Pronunciation

Noun

cubo m (plural cubos)

  1. tower, turret (of a castle)
  2. bucket
  3. pond or reservoir of a watermill
    Synonym: pozo
  4. mill race
    Synonyms: cal, canle, levada

References

Italian

Etymology

From Latin cubus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈku.bo/
  • Rhymes: -ubo
  • Hyphenation: cù‧bo

Adjective

cubo (feminine cuba, masculine plural cubi, feminine plural cube)

  1. cubic

Noun

cubo m (plural cubi)

  1. cube

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Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    From Proto-Italic *kubāō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb-.

    Compare Welsh cysgu (to sleep), English hip, Albanian sup (shoulder), Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos, vertebra, hollow before the hip (in cattle)).

    Verb

    cubō (present infinitive cubāre, perfect active cubuī, supine cubitum); first conjugation, no passive

    1. to lie down, recline
      Synonym: iaceō
    2. to sleep; lie asleep
      Synonyms: dormiō, dormītō
      Antonyms: expergīscor, vigilō
    3. to recline at table (for a meal)
    4. to be sick, bedridden
      Synonyms: aegrōtō, iaceō, langueō, languēscō
      Antonym: valeō
    5. to incubate, be broody
    Conjugation
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    Descendants

    Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Noun

    cubō

    1. dative/ablative singular of cubus

    References

    • cubo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • cubo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "cubo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • cubo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
      • (ambiguous) to go to bed: cubitum ire
    • Logeion DMLBS entry for cubare

    Portuguese

    cubo

    Etymology 1

    From Latin cubus.

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    cubo m (plural cubos)

    1. (geometry) cube (a regular polyhedron having six identical square faces)
    2. any object whose shape is similar to that of a cube
    3. (mathematics) cube (the third power of a number or mathematical expression)
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    cubo

    1. first-person singular present indicative of cubar

    Spanish

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    A cube
    A plastic bucket

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈkubo/
    • Rhymes: -ubo
    • Syllabification: cu‧bo

    Etymology 1

    From Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos).

    Noun

    cubo m (plural cubos)

    1. (geometry) cube (a regular polyhedron having six identical square faces)
    2. (mathematics) cube (the third power of a number, value, term or expression)
      El cubo de 2 es 8.
      The cube of 2 is 8.
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

    From cuba, from Latin cupa.

    Noun

    cubo m (plural cubos)

    1. (Spain, Cuba) bucket, pail (a container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items)
      Synonym: balde
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