querubí

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin cherūbīm, plural of cherūb, from Ancient Greek χερούβ (kheroúb), from Hebrew כְּרוּב (kerúv).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [kə.ɾuˈβi]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kə.ɾuˈbi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ke.ɾuˈbi]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ke.ɾuˈβi]

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Noun

querubí m (plural querubins)

1. cherub

Related terms

• querúbic

Further reading

• “querubí”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “querubí”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “querubí” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “querubí”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)