Cube

Etymology 1
From cubus:, from  κύβος:.

Noun

 * 1)  A regular polyhedron having six identical square faces.
 * 2) Any object more or less in the form of a cube.
 * a sugar cube
 * a stock cube
 * 1)  The third power of a number, value, term or expression.
 * the cube of 2 is 8
 * 1)  A data structure consisting of a three-dimensional array; a data cube

Synonyms

 * regular hexahedron
 * block, brick, die, square block
 * third power

Hypernyms

 * hexahedron

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: kubo
 * Bengali: ঘনক
 * Bosnian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: cub
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (lìfāngtǐ)
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: კუბი (kubi)
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: घन
 * Hungarian:


 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 立方体 (りっぽうたい, rippōtai)
 * Korean: 입방 (ipbang)
 * Latin:
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian:
 * Maltese:
 * Mongolian: шоо (šoo)
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic: коцка
 * Roman: kocka
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: (lôok bàat)
 * Turkish:


 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: кубче
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (fāngkuài)
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: blokje, klontje (suiker), bouillonblokje
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * Georgian: კუბი (kubi)
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:


 * Icelandic:, kubbur
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: 角砂糖 (かくざとう, kakuzatō) (sugar cube)
 * Macedonian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: cubo, terrón sugar cube, cubito sugar or ice cube
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Thai: (lôok bàat)
 * Turkish:


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: cub
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (lìfāng)
 * Dutch: derde macht
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: კუბი (kubi)
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: בחזקת שלוש
 * Hungarian:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 三乗 (さんじょう, sanjō), 立方 (りっぽう, rippō)
 * Macedonian:
 * Polish: do sześcianu
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: (bàat)
 * Turkish:


 * : kubus
 * : cubo
 * : cubus
 * : cub
 * : kocka (1,2)

Verb

 * 1)  To raise to the third power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself twice.
 * Three cubed can be written as 33, and equals twenty-seven.
 * 1)  To form into the shape of a cube.
 * 2)  To cut into cubes.
 * Cube the ham right after adding the curry to the rice.
 * 1)  to use a Rubik's cube.
 * He likes to cube now and then.

Synonyms

 * dice

Translations

 * Bulgarian: вдигам на куб
 * Catalan: elevar al cub
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (sāncìfāng)
 * Dutch: tot de derde macht verheffen
 * Finnish: korottaa kolmanteen potenssiin, kuutioida
 * French: élever à la troisième puissance
 * Hungarian: köbre emel
 * Interlingua: cubar, elevar al cubo, elevar al tertie potentia


 * Italian: elevare al cubo, elevare alla terza (potenza)
 * Japanese: 三乗する (さんじょうする, sanjōsuru)
 * Macedonian: дига на куб
 * Polish: podnosić do sześcianu
 * Portuguese: cubar, elevar ao cubo, elevar à terceira potência
 * Russian: возводить в куб (vozvodít’ v kub)
 * Swedish: upphöja i kub, upphöja till tre, upphöja till tredje potensen, ta i kubik
 * Turkish: küpünü almak


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (qiēchéng xiǎofāng kuài)
 * Dutch: in blokjes snijden
 * Finnish:
 * Georgian: კუბში ახარისხება (kubši axarisxeba)


 * German:
 * Interlingua: cubar
 * Italian: cubettare
 * Japanese: さいの目に切る (さいのめにきる, sainome ni kiru)
 * Swedish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: (xíngchéng lìfāngtǐ)


 * Dutch: tot een kubus vormen
 * Portuguese: dar forma de cubo a

Related terms

 * cubic
 * cubical
 * cuboid
 * cubism
 * cubist

Derived terms

 * bath cube
 * bouillon cube
 * cube candle
 * cube out
 * cube root


 * cube steak
 * cube van
 * cubiform
 * hypercube
 * ice cube


 * Rubik's cube
 * snub cube
 * stock cube
 * sugar cube

Etymology 2
Clipped form of cubicle: (with intentional reference to their common shape per cube, etymology 1), which from cubiculum:, from cubare:.

Noun

 * 1) A cubicle; especially of those found in offices.

Translations

 * Finnish:

Anagrams

 * Cebu

Etymology
cubus:.

Noun

 * 1) cube

Adjective

 * 1) Feminine plural form of cubo

Noun


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