querubim
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- Cherubim (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Portuguese querubin (“cherub”), from Latin cherubim, from Hebrew כרֻבִים (keruvím), plural indefinite form of כְּרוּב (keruvím), from a Proto-Semitic source.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌke.ɾu.ˈbĩ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɨ.ɾu.ˈβĩ/
- Hyphenation: que‧ru‧bin
Noun
querubim m (plural querubins)
- (religion) cherub (winged creature represented in the Bible as attending on God)
Synonyms
- quérube
Coordinate terms
- anjo, arcanjo, dominação, potestade, principado, serafim, trono, virtude
Related terms
- quérube
- querúbico
- querubíneo
- querubínico