cubism
English
/ˈkjuː.bɪz.əm/
noun
Definitions
- (often) An artistic movement in the early 20th Century characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes.
Etymology
Borrowed from French cubisme derived from Latin cubus derived from Ancient Greek κύβος (hollow before the hip, vertebra, die, cube, hollow in the hips).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κύβος
Gloss
hollow before the hip, vertebra, die, cube, hollow in the hips
Concept
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- kubismi Finnish
- cubus Latin
- cupa Latin
- Kubismus German
- Kubus German
- kubus Dutch, Flemish
- cube French
- cubisme French
- cubo Spanish, Castilian
- κύβος Ancient Greek
- *keu(b)- Proto-Indo-European
- kube Norwegian Bokmål
- kubisme Norwegian Bokmål
- キュビスム Japanese
- キュービズム Japanese
- kube Norwegian Nynorsk
- kubisme Norwegian Nynorsk
- cub Catalan, Valencian
- cubisme Catalan, Valencian
- cubo Galician
- cubism Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- κύβος Greek (modern)
- cubo Aragonese