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Galician
Noun
querubim m (plural querubins, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of querubín
Further reading
- “querubim” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese querubin (“cherub”), from Latin cherubim, from Hebrew כרֻבִים (keruvím), plural indefinite form of כְּרוּב (keruvím), from a Proto-Semitic source.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ĩ
- Hyphenation: que‧ru‧bim
Noun
querubim m (plural querubins)
- (religion) cherub (hybrid figure with a guardian function, generally represented with a human face and the winged body of a bull or lion)
- (religion) cherub (each of the celestial spirits who, together with the thrones and the seraphim, form the first angelic hierarchy)
- (painting) cherub (painted or carved representation of this celestial spirit, usually in the form of a plump, healthy-looking child with wings)
- (figuratively) cherub (very beautiful child)
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