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Translation

bucket, cube

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Word origin

From Latin cupa ('cask, tub') for the vessel sense, later merging with Latin cubus ('a die, cube') from Greek kubos for the geometric sense.

Origin
Latin
Root
cupa
English cognates
cube, cupola

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralcubos

Examples

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I filled the bucket with water to clean the floor.

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The children build castles with a bucket on the beach.

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A cube has six equal faces.

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The rubbish bin is full.

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Keep the tools in that plastic bucket.

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This word is taught in chapter 34, lesson 2: cubo, comprador, papeleo and 7 more words.