cuber

English

Etymology 1

cube (verb) +‎ -er

Noun

cuber (plural cubers)

  1. Any device designed to cut things into cubes.
    • 1920, Hotel Monthly, volume 28, numbers 322-333, page 29:
      Another interesting exhibit was a bread cutter with circular revolving blade. Their newest machine is the Sterling vegetable cuber […]
Translations

Etymology 2

cube (noun) +‎ -er

Noun

cuber (plural cubers)

  1. A player of Rubik's cube.
    Synonyms: cubist, Rubik's cuber, Rubik's cubist
    Hyponym: speedcuber

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French

Etymology

From cube +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ky.be/
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Verb

cuber

  1. to cube (a number) (raise to the power of 3)

Conjugation
Conjugation of cuber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple cuber
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple cubant
/ky.bɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle cubé
/ky.be/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present cube
/kyb/		 cubes
/kyb/		 cube
/kyb/		 cubons
/ky.bɔ̃/		 cubez
/ky.be/		 cubent
/kyb/
imperfect cubais
/ky.bɛ/		 cubais
/ky.bɛ/		 cubait
/ky.bɛ/		 cubions
/ky.bjɔ̃/		 cubiez
/ky.bje/		 cubaient
/ky.bɛ/
past historic2 cubai
/ky.be/		 cubas
/ky.ba/		 cuba
/ky.ba/		 cubâmes
/ky.bam/		 cubâtes
/ky.bat/		 cubèrent
/ky.bɛʁ/
future cuberai
/ky.bʁe/		 cuberas
/ky.bʁa/		 cubera
/ky.bʁa/		 cuberons
/ky.bʁɔ̃/		 cuberez
/ky.bʁe/		 cuberont
/ky.bʁɔ̃/
conditional cuberais
/ky.bʁɛ/		 cuberais
/ky.bʁɛ/		 cuberait
/ky.bʁɛ/		 cuberions
/ky.bə.ʁjɔ̃/		 cuberiez
/ky.bə.ʁje/		 cuberaient
/ky.bʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present cube
/kyb/		 cubes
/kyb/		 cube
/kyb/		 cubions
/ky.bjɔ̃/		 cubiez
/ky.bje/		 cubent
/kyb/
imperfect2 cubasse
/ky.bas/		 cubasses
/ky.bas/		 cubât
/ky.ba/		 cubassions
/ky.ba.sjɔ̃/		 cubassiez
/ky.ba.sje/		 cubassent
/ky.bas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — cube
/kyb/		 — cubons
/ky.bɔ̃/		 cubez
/ky.be/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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