"Rubik's cube" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Rubik's cubes [plural]
Etymology: Calque of Hungarian Rubik-kocka, named after the inventor Ernő Rubik. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|hu|Rubik-kocka}} Calque of Hungarian Rubik-kocka Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Rubik's cube}} Rubik's cube (plural Rubik's cubes)
  1. A mechanical puzzle in the shape of a cube, all sides able to be rotated, each side divided into 9 squares, the moving pieces allowing the cube to be rearranged. The goal is to get the colored squares aligned so that each side of the cube is the same color. Wikipedia link: Rubik's cube Categories (topical): Rubik's Cube Synonyms: Rubik's Cube Hypernyms: puzzle cube, twisty puzzle Hyponyms: speedcube Derived forms: cuber, cubing, more confusing than a Rubik's cube, speedcube, speedcuber, speedcubing Translations (cubical mechanical puzzle): مُكَعَّب رُوبِيك (mukaʕʕab rūbīk) [masculine] (Arabic), Ռուբիկի խորանարդ (Ṙubiki xoranard) (Armenian), ռուբիկ-կուբիկ (ṙubik-kubik) (Armenian), կուբիկ-ռուբիկ (kubik-ṙubik) (Armenian), রুবিক’স কিউব (rubik’s kiub) (Bengali), ရုဘစ်ကုဗတုံး (ru.bhacku.ba.tum:) (Burmese), 扭計骰 (Chinese Cantonese), 扭计骰 (alt: nau² gai³⁻² sik¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 魔方 (mófāng) (Chinese Mandarin), Rubikova kostka [feminine] (Czech), Rubiks kubus [masculine] (Dutch), kubo de Rubik (Esperanto), Rubiku kuubik (Estonian), Rubikin kuutio (Finnish), Rubik’s Cube [masculine] (French), Cube de Rubik [masculine] (French), რუბიკის კუბი (rubiḳis ḳubi) (Georgian), Zauberwürfel [masculine] (German), Rubik’s Cube [masculine] (German), κύβος του Ρούμπικ (kývos tou Roúmpik) [masculine] (Greek), קובייה הונגרית (kubiya hungarit) [feminine] (Hebrew), रुबिक घन (rubik ghan) (Hindi), Rubik-kocka (Hungarian), ルービックキューブ (Rūbikku-kyūbu) (Japanese), រូប៊ិក ខ្យូប (ruubɨk khyoup) (Khmer), 루빅스 큐브 (rubikseu kyubeu) (Korean), 큐브 퍼즐 (kyubeu peojeul) (english: cube puzzle) (Korean), Rubika kubs (Latvian), Rubiko kubas (Lithuanian), Рубикова коцка (Rubikova kocka) [feminine] (Macedonian), Рубикийн шоо (Rubikiin šoo) (Mongolian), مکعب روبیک (moka'ab-e rubik) (Persian), kostka Rubika [feminine] (Polish), cubo mágico [masculine] (Portuguese), cubo de Rubik [masculine] (Portuguese), ку́бик Ру́бика (kúbik Rúbika) [masculine] (Russian), ку́бик-ру́бик (kúbik-rúbik) [masculine] (Russian), rubikova kocka [masculine] (Slovene), cubo de Rubik [masculine] (Spanish), cubo mágico [masculine] (Spanish), Rubiks kub [common-gender] (Swedish), ลูกบิด (lûuk-bìt) (Thai), lập phương Rubik (Vietnamese), khối Rubik (Vietnamese), Rubik (Vietnamese), רוביקס קוב (rubiks kub) (Yiddish)
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          "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
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          "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
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          "roman": "kývos tou Roúmpik",
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          "word": "रुबिक घन"
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          "roman": "Rūbikku-kyūbu",
          "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
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          "roman": "ruubɨk khyoup",
          "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
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          "roman": "rubikseu kyubeu",
          "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
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          "roman": "kyubeu peojeul",
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          "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
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          "code": "vi",
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          "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
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          "roman": "rubiks kub",
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          "ref": "2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 48:",
          "text": "They can open bottles, smoke a cigarette, draw a picture, solve a Rubik's cube, all with the holiest of holies.",
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mukaʕʕab rūbīk",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "مُكَعَّب رُوبِيك"
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      "roman": "Ṙubiki xoranard",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "word": "Ռուբիկի խորանարդ"
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      "roman": "ṙubik-kubik",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
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      "roman": "kubik-ṙubik",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
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      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "rubik’s kiub",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "word": "রুবিক’স কিউব"
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      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "word": "ရုဘစ်ကုဗတုံး"
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "word": "扭計骰"
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      "alt": "nau² gai³⁻² sik¹",
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "word": "扭计骰"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mófāng",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "word": "魔方"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Rubikova kostka"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Rubiks kubus"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "word": "kubo de Rubik"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "word": "Rubiku kuubik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "word": "Rubikin kuutio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Rubik’s Cube"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Cube de Rubik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "rubiḳis ḳubi",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "word": "რუბიკის კუბი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zauberwürfel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Rubik’s Cube"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kývos tou Roúmpik",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κύβος του Ρούμπικ"
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    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kubiya hungarit",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "קובייה הונגרית"
    },
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "rubik ghan",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "word": "रुबिक घन"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "word": "Rubik-kocka"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Rūbikku-kyūbu",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "word": "ルービックキューブ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ruubɨk khyoup",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "word": "រូប៊ិក ខ្យូប"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "rubikseu kyubeu",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "word": "루빅스 큐브"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "english": "cube puzzle",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "kyubeu peojeul",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "word": "큐브 퍼즐"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "word": "Rubika kubs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "word": "Rubiko kubas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Rubikova kocka",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Рубикова коцка"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "Rubikiin šoo",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "word": "Рубикийн шоо"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "moka'ab-e rubik",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "word": "مکعب روبیک"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kostka Rubika"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cubo mágico"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cubo de Rubik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kúbik Rúbika",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ку́бик Ру́бика"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kúbik-rúbik",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ку́бик-ру́бик"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rubikova kocka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cubo de Rubik"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cubo mágico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "Rubiks kub"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "lûuk-bìt",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "word": "ลูกบิด"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "word": "lập phương Rubik"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "word": "khối Rubik"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "word": "Rubik"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "rubiks kub",
      "sense": "cubical mechanical puzzle",
      "word": "רוביקס קוב"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Rubik's cube"
}

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