cubit

See also qubit

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin cubitum (“elbow, cubit”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈkjuː.bɪt/, X-SAMPA: /"kju:.bIt/
• (US) enPR: kyo͞o'bĭt, IPA: /ˈkju.bɪt/, X-SAMPA: /"kju.bIt/
• Rhymes: -uːbɪt
• Homophone: qubit

Noun

cubit (plural cubits)

1. A unit of linear measure, no longer in use, originally equal to the length of the forearm.

Synonyms

• ell - a unit of 45 inches.

Related terms

• cubitus

Translations

unit of length

• Bulgarian: аршин (bg) m (aršin), лакът (bg) m (lakǎt)
• Burmese: တောင် (my) (taung)
• Czech: loket (cs) m
• Finnish: kyynärä (fi)
• French: coudée (fr) f

• Hungarian: sing (hu)
• Latin: cubitum (la) m, cubitus (la) m
• Malay: hasta (ms)
• Russian: локоть (ru) (lókot') m 
• Swedish: aln (sv) c

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Malay

Etymology

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

Alternative forms

• چوبيت

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA: /t͡ʃubet/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA: /t͡ʃubɪt/
• Rhymes: -ubet, -bet, -et

Verb

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

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