cuber
English
Etymology 1
cube (verb) + -er
Noun
cuber (plural cubers)
- Any device designed to cut things into cubes.
- 1920, Hotel Monthly (volume 28, issues 322-333, page 29)
- Another interesting exhibit was a bread cutter with circular revolving blade. Their newest machine is the Sterling vegetable cuber […]
- 1920, Hotel Monthly (volume 28, issues 322-333, page 29)
Translations
device for cutting things into cubes
Etymology 2
cube (noun) + -er
Noun
cuber (plural cubers)
- A player of Rubik's cube.
- Synonyms: cubist, Rubik's cuber, Rubik's cubist
- Hyponym: speedcuber
Anagrams
- Bruce, bruce
French
Etymology
From cube + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ky.be/
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Verb
cuber
- to cube (a number) (raise to the power of 3)
Conjugation
Conjugation of cuber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | cuber | |||||
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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 | – | – | – | ||||
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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Further reading
- “cuber”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.