Cube

Table of contents

1 Pronunciation 2 Etymology 3 Noun 3.1 Synonyms 3.2 See Also 3.3 Translations 3.4 Related terms 4 Verb 4.1 Translations 5 Related terms

Pronunciation

(US) SAMPA:/cjub/

Etymology

From Latin cubus derived from Greek kybos

Noun

cube (cubes )

1. (geometry) A polyhedron block of six identical square faces.
2. A sugar cube or a stock cube (usually Oxo).
3. (arithmetic) A number raised to the third power
4. (electronic gaming) Nintendo GameCube.

Synonyms

• hexahedron

See Also

• line segment
• square
• tesseract

Translations

• Chinese: 立方體 (1), 方塊 (2), 立方 (4)
• Dutch: kubus m(1), klontje n (suiker) (2), bouillonblokje n (2)
• Esperanto: kubo (1,2)
• Finnish: kuutio (1,3), pala (2)
• French: cube m (1, 3), morceau m (de sucre) (2)
• German: Kubus m, Würfel m
• Greek: kybos
• Hebrew: קוביה f
• Indonesian: kubus
• Interlingua: cubo
• Italian: cubo m (1, 3); zolletta f (2)
• Japanese: 立方体 (りっぽうたい, rippōtai)
• Latin: cubus

  sześcian m (1,3)

• Portuguese: cubo m
• Romanian: cub n
• Spanish: cubo m
• Swedish: kub (1,3,4)
• Turkish: küp

Related terms

• snub cube

Verb

to cube (cubed )

1. (number) To raise to the third power; multiply by itself twice again (x * x * x).
2. To form into the shape of a cube.
3. To paint a picture or form an image in the Cubist style.
4. (electronic game) To port to or enhance-remake for Nintendo GameCube.

Translations

• Chinese: 倍立方
• Dutch: tot de derde macht verheffen (1), tot een kubus vormen (2)
• Finnish: kolmanteen potenssiin , kuutioida
• French: éléver à la troisième puissance (1)
• German: würfeln (2)
• Interlingua: cubar , elevar al cubo , elevar al tertie potentia (1); cubar (2)
• Portuguese: cubar , elevar ao cubo , elevar à terceira potência (1); dar forma de cubo (3)

Related terms

• cubic
• cubism
• cubist