cub

See also Cub

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /kʌb/

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• Rhymes: -ʌb

Etymology 1

Origin unknown. Perhaps compare Old Norse (Icelandic) kobbi (“seal”), Old Irish cuib (“whelp”).

Noun

cub (plural cubs)

1. A young fox.
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.32:

     a Childe of Lacedemon suffered all his belly and gutts to be torne out by a Cubbe or young Foxe, which he had stolne, and kept close under his garment, rather then he would discover his theft.

2. (by extension) The young of certain other animals, including the bear, wolf, lion and whale.

Derived terms

• cub reporter

Translations

young fox

• Bashkir: төлкө балаһы (tӧlkӧ balahï)
• French: renardeau (fr) m
• German: Fuchswelpe (de) m

• Hungarian: rókafi (hu)

the young of certain animals

• Afrikaans: welpie (af)
• Armenian: ձագ (hy) (jag) , քոթոթ (hy) (k’ot’ot’)  (bear), կորյուն (hy) (koryun)  (lion, tiger)
• Bashkir: бала (bala)
• Basque: kume (eu)
• Bulgarian: кутре (bg) (kutre) n 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 幼獸 (cmn), 幼兽 (cmn) (yoùshoù)

• Czech: mládě (cs) n
• Dutch: welp (nl)
• Finnish: pentu (fi)
• French: petit (fr) m; for terms specific to any particular animal, see ourson (fr), renardeau (fr), louveteau (fr), lionceau (fr) etc
• German: Junges (de) n, cub of a wolf or fox: Welpe (de) m, Dachsjunges (de) n (badger), Bärenjunges (de) n (bear), Gepardenjunges (de) n (cheetah), Fuchsjunges (de) n (fox), Leopardenjunges (de) n (leopard), Löwenbaby (de) n (lion), Löwenjunges (de) n, Pandajunges (de) n (panda), Tigerbaby (de) n (tiger), Tigerjunges (de) n, Wolfsjunges (de) n, Braunbärenjunges (de) n, Eisbärenjunges (de) n (polar bear), Eisbärjunges (de) n
• Hebrew: גור (gur) m (young of mammals, including domesticated ones)

• Hungarian: kölyök (hu) (for every mammal), bocs (hu) (bear)
• Italian: cucciolo m; for terms specific to any particular animal, see bear cub, fox cub, etc
• Japanese: 子 (ja) (こ, ko), 幼獣 (ja) (ようじゅう, yōjū)
• Latin: catulus (la) m
• Macedonian: младенче (mk) (mladenče) n
• Maltese: ferħ m, ferħa f
• Polish: młode pl
• Portuguese: filhote (pt) m and f
• Russian: детёныш (ru) (detjónyš) m , specific cubs: медвежонок (ru) (medvežónok) m , лисёнок (ru) (lisjónok) m , волчонок (ru) (volčónok) m , львёнок (ru) (lʹvjónok) m , тигрёнок (ru) (tigrjónok) m , etc.
• Scottish Gaelic: (seal) isean (gd) m, (seal) cuilean (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: mladunče (sh) n
• Sotho: (lion) tawana (st)
• Spanish: cachorro (es) m
• Telugu: కూన (koona)
• Turkish: yavru (tr)

Verb

cub (third-person singular simple present cubs, present participle cubbing, simple past and past participle cubbed)

1. To give birth to cubs
2. To hunt fox cubs
3. (obsolete) To shut up or confine.

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Etymology 2

Acronym

cub

1. cashed up bogan.

Anagrams

• UBC

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin cubus.

Noun

cub m (plural cubs)

1. cube

Related terms

• cúbic

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Romanian

Etymology

From French cube, Latin cubus.

Noun

cub n (plural cuburi)

1. cube