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• Received-Pronunciation: kyo͞ob
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• Received-Pronunciation: /kjuːb/
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• US: kyo͞ob
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• US: /kjub/
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• rhymes with -uːb
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From Old French cube, from Latin cubus, from Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos). Displaced Old English tæfel ("cube, die, game with dice or tables").

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”).

213 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: kubus — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Albanian: kub — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Arabic: كَعْبَة (kaʕba) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Arabic: مُكَعَّب (mukaʕʕab) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Arabic: كعب (kaʕb) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Armenian: խորանարդ (xoranard) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Asturian: cubu — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Azerbaijani: kub — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Azerbaijani: küp — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Basque: kubo — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Belarusian: куб (kub) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Bengali: ঘনক (ghonok) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Bulgarian: куб (kub) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Burmese: ကုဗ (ku.ba.) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Catalan: cub — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Chinese Mandarin: 立方體 /立方体 (lìfāngtǐ) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Cornish: kub — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Czech: krychle — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Danish: kubus — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Dutch: kubus — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Dutch: regelmatig zesvlak — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Esperanto: kubo — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Estonian: kuup — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Finnish: kuutio — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• French: cube — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Galician: cubo — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Georgian: კუბი (ḳubi) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• German: Kubus — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• German: Würfel — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Greek: κύβος (kývos) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Ancient Greek: κύβος (kúbos) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Hebrew: קובייה — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Hebrew: קֻבִּיָּה (kubiá) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Hindi: घन (ghan) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Hungarian: kocka — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Icelandic: teningur — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Indonesian: kubus — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Irish: ciúb — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Italian: cubo — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Japanese: 立方体 (rippōtai) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Japanese: 正六面体 (seirokumentai) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Kannada: ಘನಾಕೃತಿ (ghanākṛti) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Kazakh: куб (kub) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Kazakh: текше (tekşe) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Khmer: គូប (kuup) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Khmer: គីប (kiip) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Korean: 정육면체 (jeong'yungmyeonche) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Korean: 바른륙면체 (bareullyungmyeonche) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Korean: 입방체 (ipbangche) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Korean: 립방체 (ripbangche) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Kyrgyz: куб (kub) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Lao: ລູກບາດ (lūk bāt) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Latin: cubus — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Latvian: kubs — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Lithuanian: kubas — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Macedonian: коцка (kocka) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Malay: kubus — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Malay: dadu — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Malay: kiub — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Malayalam: സമചതുരക്കട്ട (samacaturakkaṭṭa) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Maltese: kubu — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Māori: mataono — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Māori: mataono rite — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Mongolian: шоо (šoo) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Norwegian Bokmål: kube — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kube — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Pashto: مکعب (moka'áb) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Persian: مکعب (moka'ab) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Persian: غاب (ġâb) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Persian: قاپ (qâp) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Polish: sześcian — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Portuguese: cubo — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Romanian: cub — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Russian: куб (kub) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Serbo-Croatian: коцка — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Serbo-Croatian: kocka — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Slovak: kocka — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Slovene: kocka — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Lower Sorbian: kóstka — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Upper Sorbian: kóstka — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Spanish: cubo — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Swedish: kub — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Tagalog: binuok — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Tajik: мукааб (mukaab) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Thai: ลูกบาศก์ (lûuk-bàat) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Turkish: küp — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Turkmen: kub — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Ukrainian: куб (kub) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Urdu: گھن (ghan) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Urdu: مکعب (muka'ab) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Uyghur: كۇب (kub) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Uzbek: kub — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Vietnamese: hình lập phương — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Yiddish: קוב (kub) — geometry: polyhedron having of six identical square faces
• Arabic: كَعْبَة (kaʕba) — object more or less in the form of a cube
• Armenian: խորանարդ (xoranard) — object more or less in the form of a cube
• Bulgarian: кубче (kubče) — object more or less in the form of a cube
• Catalan: cub — object more or less in the form of a cube
• Chinese Mandarin: 方塊 /方块 (fāngkuài) — object more or less in the form of a cube
• Cornish: kub — object more or less in the form of a cube
• Czech: kostka — object more or less in the form of a cube
• Esperanto: kubo — object more or less in the form of a cube
• Finnish: kuutio — object more or less in the form of a cube
• Georgian: კუბი (ḳubi) — object more or less in the form of a cube
• German: Würfel — object more or less in the form of a cube
• Ancient Greek: κύβος (kúbos) — object more or less in the form of a cube
• Hebrew: קובייה — object more or less in the form of a cube
• Hebrew: קֻבִּיָּה (kubiá) — object more or less in the form of a cube
• Hindi: घन (ghan) — object more or less in the form of a cube
• Hungarian: kocka — object more or less in the form of a cube
• Icelandic: teningur — object more or less in the form of a cube
• Icelandic: kubbur — object more or less in the form of a cube
• Irish: ciúb — object more or less in the form of a cube
• Italian: cubo — object more or less in the form of a cube
• Italian: dado — object more or less in the form of a cube
• Italian: cuboide — object more or less in the form of a cube
• Japanese: 角砂糖 (kakuzatō) — object more or less in the form of a cube
• Latin: tessera — object more or less in the form of a cube
• Macedonian: коцка (kocka) — object more or less in the form of a cube
• Māori: mataono — object more or less in the form of a cube
• Polish: kostka — object more or less in the form of a cube
• Portuguese: cubo — object more or less in the form of a cube
• Russian: куб (kub) — object more or less in the form of a cube
• Russian: ку́бик (kúbik) — object more or less in the form of a cube
• Slovene: kocka — object more or less in the form of a cube
• Spanish: cubo — object more or less in the form of a cube
• Spanish: terrón — object more or less in the form of a cube
• Spanish: cubito — object more or less in the form of a cube
• Spanish: pastilla — object more or less in the form of a cube
• Swedish: block — object more or less in the form of a cube
• Swedish: kub — object more or less in the form of a cube
• Swedish: tärning — object more or less in the form of a cube
• Tagalog: binuok — object more or less in the form of a cube
• Thai: ลูกบาศก์ (lûuk-bàat) — object more or less in the form of a cube
• Turkish: küp — object more or less in the form of a cube
• Armenian: խորանարդ (xoranard) — arithmetic: number raised to the third power
• Asturian: cubu — arithmetic: number raised to the third power
• Bulgarian: куб (kub) — arithmetic: number raised to the third power
• Catalan: cub — arithmetic: number raised to the third power
• Chinese Mandarin: 立方 (lìfāng) — arithmetic: number raised to the third power
• Czech: třetí mocnina — arithmetic: number raised to the third power
• Dutch: derde macht — arithmetic: number raised to the third power
• Finnish: kuutio — arithmetic: number raised to the third power
• French: cube — arithmetic: number raised to the third power
• Galician: cubo — arithmetic: number raised to the third power
• Georgian: კუბი (ḳubi) — arithmetic: number raised to the third power
• Greek: κύβος (kývos) — arithmetic: number raised to the third power
• Ancient Greek: κύβος (kúbos) — arithmetic: number raised to the third power
• Hebrew: בחזקת שלוש (be'khezqat shalosh) — arithmetic: number raised to the third power
• Hungarian: köb — arithmetic: number raised to the third power
• Irish: ciúb — arithmetic: number raised to the third power
• Italian: cubo — arithmetic: number raised to the third power
• Japanese: 三乗 (sanjō) — arithmetic: number raised to the third power
• Japanese: 立方 (rippō) — arithmetic: number raised to the third power
• Kannada: ಘನ (ghana) — arithmetic: number raised to the third power
• Korean: 세제곱 (sejegop) — arithmetic: number raised to the third power
• Korean: 삼승 (samseung) — arithmetic: number raised to the third power
• Korean: 입방 (ipbang) — arithmetic: number raised to the third power
• Korean: 립방 (ripbang) — arithmetic: number raised to the third power
• Macedonian: куб (kub) — arithmetic: number raised to the third power
• Malay: kuasa tiga — arithmetic: number raised to the third power
• Māori: pūtoru — arithmetic: number raised to the third power
• Polish: do sześcianu — arithmetic: number raised to the third power
• Portuguese: cubo — arithmetic: number raised to the third power
• Russian: куб (kub) — arithmetic: number raised to the third power
• Slovene: kub — arithmetic: number raised to the third power
• Spanish: cubo — arithmetic: number raised to the third power
• Swedish: kub — arithmetic: number raised to the third power
• Tagalog: binuok — arithmetic: number raised to the third power
• Thai: บาศก์ (bàat) — arithmetic: number raised to the third power
• Turkish: küpü — arithmetic: number raised to the third power
• Vietnamese: lập phương — arithmetic: number raised to the third power
• Finnish: kuutio — cubicle
• Bulgarian: вдигам на куб (vdigam na kub) — arithmetic: to raise to the third power
• Catalan: cubicar — arithmetic: to raise to the third power
• Catalan: elevar al cub — arithmetic: to raise to the third power
• Chinese Mandarin: 三次方 (sāncìfāng) — arithmetic: to raise to the third power
• Dutch: tot de derde macht verheffen — arithmetic: to raise to the third power
• Finnish: korottaa kolmanteen potenssiin — arithmetic: to raise to the third power
• Hungarian: köbre emel — arithmetic: to raise to the third power
• Irish: ciúbaigh — arithmetic: to raise to the third power
• Italian: elevare al cubo — arithmetic: to raise to the third power
• Italian: (potenza) elevare alla terza — arithmetic: to raise to the third power
• Macedonian: дига на куб (diga na kub) — arithmetic: to raise to the third power
• Māori: pūtoru — arithmetic: to raise to the third power
• Polish: podnosić do sześcianu — arithmetic: to raise to the third power
• Portuguese: cubar — arithmetic: to raise to the third power
• Portuguese: elevar ao cubo — arithmetic: to raise to the third power
• Portuguese: elevar à terceira potência — arithmetic: to raise to the third power
• Russian: возводи́ть в куб (vozvodítʹ v kub) — arithmetic: to raise to the third power
• Spanish: elevar al cub — arithmetic: to raise to the third power
• Spanish: elevar a la tercera potencia — arithmetic: to raise to the third power
• Swedish: upphöja i kub — arithmetic: to raise to the third power
• Swedish: upphöja till tre — arithmetic: to raise to the third power
• Swedish: upphöja till tredje potensen — arithmetic: to raise to the third power
• Swedish: ta i kubik — arithmetic: to raise to the third power
• Turkish: küpünü almak — arithmetic: to raise to the third power
• Chinese Mandarin: 形成立方體 /形成立方体 (xíngchéng lìfāngtǐ) — to form into the shape of a cube
• Dutch: tot een kubus vormen — to form into the shape of a cube
• Finnish: muotoilla kuutioksi — to form into the shape of a cube
• Irish: ciúbaigh — to form into the shape of a cube
• Portuguese: dar forma de cubo a — to form into the shape of a cube
• Bulgarian: режа на кубчета (reža na kubčeta) — to cut into cubes
• Chinese Mandarin: 切成方塊 /切成方块 (qiēchéng fāngkuài) — to cut into cubes
• Dutch: in blokjes snijden — to cut into cubes
• Finnish: kuutioida — to cut into cubes
• Georgian: კუბში ახარისხება (ḳubši axarisxeba) — to cut into cubes
• German: würfeln — to cut into cubes
• Interlingua: cubar — to cut into cubes
• Irish: ciúbaigh — to cut into cubes
• Italian: cubettare — to cut into cubes
• Japanese: さいの目に切る (sainome ni kiru) — to cut into cubes
• Swedish: tärna — to cut into cubes