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Portuguese
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Etymology
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 (winged creature represented in the Bible as attending on God)
- Synonym: quérube
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