Rubik's cube

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English

A puzzle of Rubik's cube.

Etymology

A calque from Hungarian Rubik-kocka, named after the inventor Ernő Rubik.

Noun

Rubik's cube (plural Rubik's cubes)

1. A mechanical puzzle with 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 has a face of exactly one color.

Derived terms

• speedcube
• speedcuber

Translations

cubical mechanical puzzle

• Arabic: مكعب روبيك (ar) (mukaʿab rūbīk) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 魔方 (cmn) (mófāng)

• Czech: Rubikova kostka (cs) f
• Dutch: Rubiks kubus (nl) m
• Finnish: Rubikin kuutio (fi)
• French: Rubik’s Cube (fr) m, Cube de Rubik (fr) m
• German: Zauberwürfel (de) m, Rubik’s Cube (de) m
• Hebrew: קובייה הונגרית (he) (kubiya hungarit) f
• Hungarian: Rubik-kocka (hu)

• Japanese: ルービックキューブ (ja) (Rūbikku-kyūbu)
• Korean: 루빅스 큐브 (ko) (Rubikseu kyubeu), (cube puzzle) 큐브 퍼즐 (ko) (kyubeu peojeul)
• Macedonian: Рубикова коцка (mk) (Rubíkova kócka) f
• Persian: مکعب روبیک (fa) (moka'ab-e Rubik)
• Portuguese: cubo mágico (pt) m
• Russian: кубик Рубика (ru) (kúbik Rúbika) m 
• Slovene: rubikova kocka (sl) m
• Spanish: cubo de Rubik (es) m, cubo mágico (es) m
• Swedish: Rubiks kub (sv) c