cherubim
See also: Cherubim
English
Etymology
Hebrew כרֻבִים (keruvím), from כְּרוּב (kerúv) + ־ים (-im) masculine plural suffix.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛ.r(j)u.bɪm/[1]
Audio (UK) (file)
Noun
cherubim
- plural of cherub
- Coordinate term: seraphim
- 2010, Pseudonymous Bosch [pseudonym; Raphael Simon], “The Royal Kennels”, in This Isn’t What It Looks Like (The Secret Series; 4), New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN; republished London: Usborne, 2014, →ISBN:
- The kennels occupied a long brick building designed to resemble the palace in miniature. Inside, the walls were painted with murals of dogs frolicking in the woods and giving chase to a frightened fox while chubby canine cherubim smiled down at them.
Noun
cherubim (plural cherubims)
- A cherub.
- 1848, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son
- As he looks up at the organ, Miss Tox in the gallery shrinks behind the fat leg of a cherubim on a monument, with cheeks like a young Wind, Captain Cuttle, on the contrary, stands up and waves his hook, in token of welcome and encouragement.
- 2014, Rebecca Tourniaire, King of the Ark (page 44)
- Again, if we put the two cherubims on each side but still on the lid, the size of the Ark doesn't allow enough space for a King, […]
- 1848, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son
References
- “cherub”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kʰeˈruː.biːm/, [kʰɛˈruːbiːm]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /keˈru.bim/, [keˈruːbim]
Noun
cherūbīm
- plural of cherūb