cubiculum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small room, especially a bedroom, typically those small rooms found on the upper floor of a Roman house.
  2. A small room carved out of the wall of a catacomb, used as a mortuary chapel, and in Roman times, for Christian worship.

Pronunciation

/kjuːˈbɪkjʊləm/

Word forms

cubiculum cubiculums cubicula

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cubiculum (“bedroom”). Doublet of cubicle.

Translations

Italian: cubicolo
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