cubit

Meaning of cubit

noun

an ancient measure of length, approximately equal to the length of a forearm. It was typically about 18 inches or 44 cm, though there was a long cubit of about 21 inches or 52 cm.

Middle English: from Latin cubitum ‘elbow, forearm, cubit’.

Information about cubit

It is a name.
The plural form of cubit is: cubits.
Languages in which cubit is used:
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- English

Hyphenation of cubit

cu-bit

It consists of 2 syllables and 5 chars.
cubit is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Translation of cubit

Spanish: vara
German: Elle
French: aune
Italian: auna

Anagrams of cubit

butic, cubti

Words that rhyme with cubit

semicubit, oubit, woubit, qubit

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