cubit

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• UK: /ˈkjuː.bɪt/
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• US: kyo͞o'bĭt
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• US: /ˈkju.bɪt/
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• rhymes with -uːbɪt
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• homophone: qubit
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• CMU ARPABET: K Y UW1 B IH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English cubite (“cubit; elbow”), probably applied as a nickname for someone with strong or remarkable forearms.

From Middle English cubite, from Latin cubitum (“elbow, cubit”). Doublet of cubitus, covado, and codo.

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: ذِرَاع (ḏirāʕ) — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Armenian: կանգուն (kangun) — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Bats: დოლ (dol) — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Bulgarian: аршин (aršin) — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Bulgarian: лакът (lakǎt) — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Burmese: တောင် (taung) — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Catalan: colze — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Catalan: colzo — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Catalan: colzada — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Chechen: дол (dol) — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Chinese Mandarin: 肘 (zhǒu) — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Czech: loket — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Danish: alen — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Dutch: el — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Egyptian: mH:D41 (mḥ) — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Esperanto: ulno — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Estonian: küünar — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Finnish: kyynärä — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• French: coudée — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Galician: ulna — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Georgian: წყრთა (c̣q̇rta) — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Old Georgian: წყრთაჲ (c̣q̇rtay) — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• German: Elle — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Greek: πήχης (píchis) — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Ancient Greek: πῆχυς (pêkhus) — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Hebrew: אַמָּה ('amá) — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Hungarian: sing — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Indonesian: dzira' — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Ingush: дол (dol) — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Latin: cubitum — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Latin: cubitus — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Macedonian: лакт (lakt) — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Macedonian: ла́кот (lákot) — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Macedonian: а́ршин (áršin) — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Malay: hasta — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Māori: tuke — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Mingrelian: ჭყითა (č̣q̇ita) — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Persian: ارش (arš) — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Portuguese: côvado — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Russian: ло́коть (lókotʹ) — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Spanish: codo — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Svan: ჭითხ (č̣itx) — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Swahili: dhiraa — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Swahili: mkono — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Swedish: aln — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Tagalog: siko — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Telugu: మూర (mūra) — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Ottoman Turkish: آرش (arş) — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Ugaritic: 𐎀𐎎𐎚 (ảmt) — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Yiddish: אייל (eyl) — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand
• Zyphe: dong — Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand