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cubiculum

/kjuːˈbɪkjʊləm/

cubiculum noun: a small room, especially a bedroom, typically those small rooms found on the upper floor of a Roman house.

Noun

cubiculum (plural cubiculums or cubicula)

  1. A small room, especially a bedroom, typically those small rooms found on the upper floor of a Roman house.
  2. A small room carved out of the wall of a catacomb, used as a mortuary chapel, and in Roman times, for Christian worship.

Forms of cubiculum

pluralcubiculums
pluralcubicula

Origin of cubiculum

Learned borrowing from Latin cubiculum (“bedroom”). Doublet of cubicle.

Questions about cubiculum

What does cubiculum mean?
Cubiculum means a small room, especially a bedroom, typically those small rooms found on the upper floor of a Roman house.
What part of speech is cubiculum?
Cubiculum is a noun.
How do you pronounce cubiculum?
Cubiculum is pronounced /kjuːˈbɪkjʊləm/.
What is the plural of cubiculum?
The plural of cubiculum is cubiculums.

Words near cubiculum in the dictionary

  1. cubics
  2. cubicuboctahedra
  3. cubicuboctahedron
  4. cubicula
  5. cubicular
  6. cubiculum
  7. cubiculums
  8. cubie
  9. cubies
  10. cubiform
  11. cubile

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