"cubit" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkjuː.bɪt/ [UK], /ˈkju.bɪt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cubit.wav [Southern-England] Forms: cubits [plural]
enPR: kyo͞o'bĭt [US] Rhymes: -uːbɪt Etymology: From Middle English cubite, from Latin cubitum (“elbow, cubit”). Doublet of cubitus. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱewb-}}, {{inh|en|enm|cubite}} Middle English cubite, {{der|en|la|cubitum||elbow, cubit}} Latin cubitum (“elbow, cubit”), {{doublet|en|cubitus}} Doublet of cubitus Head templates: {{en-noun}} cubit (plural cubits)
  1. The distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger used as an informal unit of length. Categories (topical): Units of measure Synonyms (unit of length): ell (english: now properly a separate unit)
    Sense id: en-cubit-en-noun-ke9IyOrw Disambiguation of Units of measure: 44 26 30 Disambiguation of 'unit of length': 70 30 0
  2. (historical) Any of various units of length approximating this distance, usually around 35–60 cm. Tags: historical Translations (Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand): πῆχυς (pêkhus) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), ذِرَاع (ḏirāʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), կանգուն (kangun) (Armenian), аршин (aršin) [masculine] (Bulgarian), лакът (lakǎt) [masculine] (Bulgarian), တောင် (taung) (Burmese), colze [masculine] (Catalan), colzo [masculine] (Catalan), loket [masculine] (Czech), alen [common-gender] (Danish), el [common-gender] (Dutch), mH:D41 (mḥ) [masculine] (Egyptian), ulno (Esperanto), küünar (Estonian), kyynärä (Finnish), coudée [feminine] (French), cóbado [masculine] (Galician), Elle [feminine] (German), πήχης (píchis) [masculine] (Greek), אַמָּה ('amá) [feminine] (Hebrew), sing (Hungarian), dzira' (Indonesian), cubitum [neuter] (Latin), cubitus [masculine] (Latin), лакт (lakt) [masculine] (Macedonian), ла́кот (lákot) [masculine] (Macedonian), а́ршин (áršin) [masculine] (Macedonian), hasta (Malay), whatīanga (Maori), آرش (arş) (Ottoman Turkish), ارش (arš) (Persian), côvado [masculine] (Portuguese), ло́коть (lókotʹ) [masculine] (Russian), codo [masculine] (Spanish), dhiraa (Swahili), mkono (Swahili), aln [common-gender] (Swedish), siko (Tagalog), మూర (mūra) (Telugu), 𐎀𐎎𐎚 (ảmt) (Ugaritic), אייל (eyl) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-cubit-en-noun-umB7nhZg Disambiguation of 'Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand': 11 75 14
  3. (anatomy, archaic) Synonym of ulna, the bone of the human forearm. Tags: archaic Categories (topical): Anatomy Synonyms: ulna [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-cubit-en-noun-DkLhkBWC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 27 45 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: arshin, Russian cubit, codo, Spanish cubit, covado, Portuguese cubit, dira (english: modern Middle Eastern contexts), royal cubit (english: ancient Egypt) Related terms: cubitus, qubit

Verb [Malay]

IPA: /t͡ʃubet/ [Johor-Selangor], /t͡ʃubɪt/ [Riau-Lingga] Forms: چوبيت [Jawi], mencubit [used-in-the-form]
Rhymes: -ubet, -bet, -et Etymology: From Proto-Malayic *-bit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-bit, from Proto-Austronesian *-bit. Etymology templates: {{uder|ms|poz-mly-pro|*-bit}} Proto-Malayic *-bit, {{uder|ms|poz-pro|*-bit}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-bit, {{uder|ms|map-pro|*-bit}} Proto-Austronesian *-bit Head templates: {{head|ms|verb|Jawi spelling|چوبيت|used in the form|mencubit}} cubit (Jawi spelling چوبيت, used in the form mencubit)
  1. to pinch (to squeeze a small amount of skin) Synonyms: چوبيت
    Sense id: en-cubit-ms-verb-ux~ADYnE Categories (other): Malay entries with incorrect language header, Malay undefined derivations

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} cubit
  1. Alternative form of cubite Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: cubite
    Sense id: en-cubit-enm-noun-zoWloLbi Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Maori",
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          "lang": "Persian",
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      "name": "uder"
    }
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    {
      "form": "چوبيت",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mencubit",
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      "ipa": "/t͡ʃubɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "Riau-Lingga"
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      "rhymes": "-bet"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-et"
    }
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}

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        }
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    "English terms with audio links",
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    },
    {
      "word": "codo"
    },
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    },
    {
      "word": "covado"
    },
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      "word": "Portuguese cubit"
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      "english": "modern Middle Eastern contexts",
      "word": "dira"
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      "english": "ancient Egypt",
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          "various"
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          "length"
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          "bone",
          "bone"
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      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkjuː.bɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkju.bɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːbɪt"
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      "homophone": "qubit"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
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      "tags": [
        "US"
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      "english": "now properly a separate unit",
      "sense": "unit of length",
      "word": "ell"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "ḏirāʕ",
      "sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ذِرَاع"
    },
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      "code": "hy",
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      "roman": "kangun",
      "sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand",
      "word": "կանգուն"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "aršin",
      "sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "аршин"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "lakǎt",
      "sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лакът"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
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      "roman": "taung",
      "sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand",
      "word": "တောင်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "colze"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "colzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "loket"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "alen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "el"
    },
    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "mḥ",
      "sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mH:D41"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand",
      "word": "ulno"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand",
      "word": "küünar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand",
      "word": "kyynärä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "coudée"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cóbado"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Elle"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "píchis",
      "sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "πήχης"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "pêkhus",
      "sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "πῆχυς"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "'amá",
      "sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "אַמָּה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand",
      "word": "sing"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand",
      "word": "dzira'"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "cubitum"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cubitus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "lakt",
      "sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лакт"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "lákot",
      "sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ла́кот"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "áršin",
      "sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "а́ршин"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand",
      "word": "hasta"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand",
      "word": "whatīanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "arş",
      "sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand",
      "word": "آرش"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "arš",
      "sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand",
      "word": "ارش"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "côvado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lókotʹ",
      "sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ло́коть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "codo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand",
      "word": "dhiraa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand",
      "word": "mkono"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "aln"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand",
      "word": "siko"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "mūra",
      "sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand",
      "word": "మూర"
    },
    {
      "code": "uga",
      "lang": "Ugaritic",
      "roman": "ảmt",
      "sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand",
      "word": "𐎀𐎎𐎚"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "eyl",
      "sense": "Any of various units of length approximating the forearm and hand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "אייל"
    }
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  ],
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}

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      "form": "mencubit",
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      ],
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      "ipa": "/t͡ʃubet/",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ʃubɪt/",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ubet"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-bet"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-et"
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}

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  "lang_code": "enm",
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        }
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        "Middle English nouns"
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          "cubite#Middle English"
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  "word": "cubit"
}

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