Definitions and meaning of cube
cube
English
Etymology 1
From Old French cube, from Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kyo͞ob, IPA(key): /kjuːb/
- (US) enPR: kyo͞ob, IPA(key): /kjub/
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- Rhymes: -uːb
Noun
cube (plural cubes)
- (geometry) A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.
- Any object more or less in the form of a cube.
- (mathematics) The third power of a number, value, term or expression.
- (computing) A data structure consisting of a three-dimensional array; a data cube
- A Rubik's cube style puzzle, not necessarily in the shape of a cube
Synonyms
- (geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces): regular hexahedron (rare)
- (object in the form of a cube): block, brick, die, square block
- (number raised to the third power): third power
Hypernyms
- (geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces): hexahedron, cuboid
Coordinate terms
- (Platonic solids): tetrahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron
Translations
Verb
cube (third-person singular simple present cubes, present participle cubing, simple past and past participle cubed)
- (transitive, arithmetic) To raise to the third power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself twice.
- (transitive) To form into the shape of a cube.
- (transitive) To cut into cubes.
- (intransitive) To use a Rubik's cube.
Synonyms
- (to cut into cubes): dice
Translations
Adjective
cube (not comparable)
- (postpositive) Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice.
Derived terms
Related terms
- cubic
- cubical
- cuboid
- cubism
- cubist
See also
- line segment
- square
- tesseract
Etymology 2
Clipped form of cubicle (with intentional reference to their common shape per cube, etymology 1), which from Latin cubiculum (“a small bedchamber or lounge”), from cubare (“to lie down”).
Noun
cube (plural cubes)
- A cubicle, especially one of those found in offices.
Translations
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos).
Pronunciation
Noun
cube m (plural cubes)
- cube (all senses)
- third-grader
Descendants
- → Romanian: cub
- → Turkish: küp
Adjective
cube (plural cubes)
- cubic
Derived terms
Verb
cube
- inflection of cuber:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “cube”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈku.be/
- Rhymes: -ube
- Hyphenation: cù‧be
Adjective
cube f
- feminine plural of cubo
Latin
Noun
cube
- vocative singular of cubus
Portuguese
Verb
cube
- inflection of cubar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Source: wiktionary.org