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6-letter words (1 found)

CHERUB,

5-letter words (2 found)

CUBER,RUCHE,

4-letter words (13 found)

BUHR,CHER,CHUB,CHUR,CRUE,CUBE,CURB,CURE,ECRU,ERHU,HERB,HUER,RUBE,

3-letter words (20 found)

BRU,BUR,CHE,CRU,CUB,CUE,CUR,ECH,ECU,HER,HUB,HUE,REB,REC,REH,RUB,RUC,RUE,URB,URE,

2-letter words (8 found)

BE,CH,EH,ER,HE,RE,UH,UR,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

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Definitions and meaning of cherub

cherub

Etymology

From Middle English cherub, cherube, cherubin, cherubine, cherubym, cherubyn, cherybin, gerubin, jerubin (“angel of the second highest order; depiction of such an angel”), from Old English cerubin, cerubim, ceruphin, cherubin, from Latin cherūbīn, cherūbīm, from Ancient Greek χερουβίν (kheroubín), χερουβείν (kheroubeín), χερουβίμ (kheroubím), from Hebrew כְּרוּבִים (k'ruvím); further etymology uncertain.

The English and Middle English word cherub(e) is derived from Latin cherub (“cherub”) (the singular form of cherūbīm, cherūbīn), from Ancient Greek χερούβ (kheroúb), ultimately from Hebrew כְּרוּב (kerúv). Because it was not always clear from Bible passages whether a single being or group of beings was being referred to, cherubin was used both as a singular word (plural cherubins) and plural word up to the 18th century. However, in Bible translations particularly from the 16th century onward cherub began to be favoured as the singular form, and from the 17th century cherubim as the plural form (influenced by Hebrew כְּרוּבִים (k'ruvím)).

The English word is cognate with French chérubin, Italian cherubino, Old Spanish cherubin (modern Spanish querubín), Galician querubín, Portuguese querubim.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: chĕrʹəb, IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛ.ɹəb/
  • Rhymes: -ɛɹəb
  • Hyphenation: che‧rub

Noun

cherub (plural cherubs or cherubim or cherubims)

  1. (biblical) A winged creature attending God and guarding his throne; similar to a lamassu (winged bull with a human torso) in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts.
  2. (post-biblical) A winged angel, described by Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (c. 5th–6th century) as the second highest order of angels, ranked above thrones and below seraphim.
  3. In later texts changed to a winged baby; in artistic depictions sometimes a baby's head with wings but no body.
    Synonyms: amoretto, cupid, putto
  4. (figuratively) A person, especially a child, seen as being particularly angelic or innocent.
    Synonyms: angel, innocent

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Further reading

  • cherub on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Bucher

Dutch

Etymology

More recent than cherubijn. Borrowed from Latin cherub, from Ancient Greek χερούβ (kheroúb), ultimately from Biblical Hebrew כְּרוּב (k'rúv).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxeː.rʏp/
  • Hyphenation: che‧rub

Noun

cherub m (plural cherubs, diminutive cherubje n)

  1. cherub
    1. (biblical, historical) lamassu-like angel
    2. (biblical, religion) six-winged humanoid angel
    3. (art) putto

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χερούβ (kheroúb), ultimately from Biblical Hebrew כְּרוּב (Kerúv).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʰe.ruːb/, [ˈkʰɛruːb]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈke.rub/, [ˈkɛːrub]

Noun

cherūb m (indeclinable)

  1. (indeclinable, Christianity) cherub
    • &
      duos quoque cherubin aureos et productiles facies ex utraque parte oraculi
      cherub unus sit in latere uno et alter in altero
    • (Can we date this quote?) Nova Vulgata, Exodus 25:18&19
    • Nova Vulgata, Ezechiel 9:3
      Et gloria Dei Israel elevata est de cherub, super quem erat, ad limen domus; et vocavit virum, qui indutus erat lineis et atramentarium scriptoris habebat in lumbis suis.

Declension

Irregular noun with distinct plural

Descendants

Many of the following are technically from the plural cherubin reinterpreted as a singular.

  • → Catalan: querubí
  • → Dutch: cherub
  • → German: Cherub
  • → English: cherub
  • → French: chérubin
  • → Galician: querubín
  • → Italian: cherubino
  • → Polish: cherub
  • → Portuguese: querubim
  • → Spanish: querubín

References

  • “cherub”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cherub in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin cherūb, from Ancient Greek χερούβ (kheroúb), from Hebrew כְּרוּב (kerúv).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɛ.rup/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrup
  • Syllabification: che‧rub

Noun

cherub m pers

  1. Alternative form of cherubin

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Noun

cherub m animal

  1. (figuratively, literary) Alternative form of cherubin
    Synonym: efeb

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Further reading

  • cherub in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • cherub in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Source: wiktionary.org