cubismo

Italian

Noun

cubismo m (plural cubismi)

1. cubism

Portuguese

Etymology

From French cubisme, from Latin cubus (“mass, quantity”), from Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos, “cube, square”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuˈbiz.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuˈbiz.mu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kuˈbiʒ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuˈbiz.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈbiʒ.mu/ [kuˈβiʒ.mu]

Noun

cubismo m (uncountable)

1. cubism (an artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes)

Related terms

• cubo, cubatura, cúbico, cubista

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French cubisme, from cube (“cube”). By surface analysis, cubo (“cube”) +‎ -ismo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈbismo/ [kuˈβ̞iz.mo]
• Rhymes: -ismo
• Syllabification: cu‧bis‧mo

Noun

cubismo m (uncountable)

1. cubism

Related terms

• cubista

 

Further reading

• “cubismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28