different between cubit vs cubie

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kju?.b?t/
• (US) enPR: kyo?o'b?t, IPA^(key): /?kju.b?t/
• Rhymes: -u?b?t
• Homophone: qubit

Noun

cubit (plural cubits)

1. (historical units of measure) Various former units of length notionally based on the distance from a grown man's elbow to his fingertips, standardized in different places and times at values between 35 and 60 cm.

   • Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

2. (anatomy) The ulna.

Usage notes

In English, most commonly encountered in biblical Hebrew measures based on the shorter of the two Egyptian cubits, although the term is also used broadly for other units between the length of a foot and a yard. These may be clarified with a preceding adjective: Greek cubit, Roman cubit, etc.

Synonyms

• (unit of length): ell (now properly a separate English unit); arshin, Russian cubit (Russian contexts); dira (modern Middle Eastern contexts)
• (bone): See ulna

Hyponyms

• royal cubit

Related terms

• cubitus
• qubit

Translations

Malay

Alternative forms

• ??????

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *-bit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-bit, from Proto-Austronesian *-bit.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /t??ubet/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /t??ub?t/
• Rhymes: -ubet, -bet, -et

Verb

cubit (Jawi spelling ?????, used in the form mencubit)

1. to pinch (to squeeze a small amount of skin)

Middle English

Noun

cubit

1. Alternative form of cubite

English

Etymology

cube +? -ie

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -u?bi

Noun

cubie (plural cubies)

1. One of the smaller cubes making up a Rubik's cube.
   • 1981, Scientific American

     […] you can see that the corner cubie in question is detachable […]
2. A five-gallon, boxed, plastic bag of drinking water used by firefighters.

Translations

Anagrams

• Buice

Italian

Noun

cubie f

1. plural of cubia