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Meaning of cubitum | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

[ˈkʊ.bɪ.tũː]

Definitions

elbow
declension-2, neuter
cubit (measure)
declension-2, neuter
Equivalent to 'cubit': The distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger used as an informal unit of length.

Equivalents

العربية ذراع

Български арши́н лакът

Bosanski Alen аршин

Català colzada colze colzo

Čeština loket

Dansk alen

Deutsch Elle

Ελληνικά πήχης

English cubit elbow

Esperanto ulno

Español codo codo

Eesti küünar

فارسی ارش

Suomi kyynärä

Français coudée

Galego cóbado ulna

עברית אֻמָּה

Hrvatski Alen аршин

Magyar sing

Հայերեն կանգուն

Bahasa Indonesia hasta

Italiano cubito

Kurdî êl sîng

Latina cubitus ulna

Te Reo Māori tuke

Македонски аршин лакот лакт

Bahasa Melayu hasta

မြန်မာဘာသာ တောင်

Nederlands el

Português côvado

Русский локоть

Ikinyarwanda umukono

Српски Alen аршин

Svenska aln

Kiswahili dhiraa mkono

తెలుగు మూర

Tagalog siko

Examples

“Ter sēsē attollēns cubitōque adnīxa levāvit,”

Lifting herself three times, [Dido] had tried to raise upon her elbow, and thrice she had rolled back upon the bed …. (Fratantuono and Smith [2022], pg. 916: “The only elbow in Virgil: another graphic detail as the poet continues his emphasis on the physical.”)

CEFR level

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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