Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cubiculum

/kjuːˈbɪkjʊləm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.04 in modern English

Syllables: cu-bicu-lum
IPA: /kjuːˈbɪkjʊləm/

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small room, especially a bedroom, typically those small rooms found on the upper floor of a Roman house.

noun

A small room carved out of the wall of a catacomb, used as a mortuary chapel, and in Roman times, for Christian worship.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cubiculum (“bedroom”). Doublet of cubicle.

Word Breakdown

Root: *ḱewb-

Inflected Forms

cubiculums (plural) cubicula (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce cubiculum?: The recorded pronunciation is /kjuːˈbɪkjʊləm/.
What does cubiculum mean?: A small room, especially a bedroom, typically those small rooms found on the upper floor of a Roman house.
Where does cubiculum come from?: Learned borrowing from Latin cubiculum (“bedroom”). Doublet of cubicle.

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