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Rubik's cube en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹʉwbɪkskjʉwb/ (British, Southern, Standard)
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Etymology

Calque of Hungarian Rubik-kocka, named after the inventor Ernő Rubik.

Meanings

1. A mechanical puzzle in the shape of a cube, all sides able to be rotated, each side divided into 9 squares, the moving pieces allowing the cube to be rearranged. The goal is to get the colored squares aligned so that each side of the cube is the same color.
   • They can open bottles, smoke a cigarette, draw a picture, solve a Rubik's cube, all with the holiest of holies. 2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 48:

Forms

Deriveds

more confusing than a Rubik's cube · Rubik's cuber · speedcubing · cubing · speedcube · cuber · speedcuber · Rubik's cubist

Hypernyms

twisty puzzle

Synonyms

puzzle cube · magic cube · 3x3x3

Translations (45)

yi רוביקס קוב (cubical mechanical puzzle) · vi lập phương Rubik (cubical mechanical puzzle) · sl rubikova kocka (cubical mechanical puzzle) · fa مکعب روبیک (cubical mechanical puzzle) · fr Cube de Rubik (cubical mechanical puzzle) · sv Rubiks kub (cubical mechanical puzzle) · cs Rubikova kostka (cubical mechanical puzzle) · fi Rubikin kuutio (cubical mechanical puzzle) · hy ռուբիկ-կուբիկ (cubical mechanical puzzle) · pl kostka Rubika (cubical mechanical puzzle) · he קובייה הונגרית (cubical mechanical puzzle) · cmn 魔方 (cubical mechanical puzzle) · ka რუბიკის კუბი (cubical mechanical puzzle) · mk Рубикова коцка (cubical mechanical puzzle) · lv Rubika kubs (cubical mechanical puzzle) · km រូប៊ិក ខ្យូប (cubical mechanical puzzle) · hi रुबिक घन (cubical mechanical puzzle) · ko 루빅스 큐브 (cubical mechanical puzzle) · ja ルービックキューブ (cubical mechanical puzzle) · es cubo mágico (cubical mechanical puzzle) · ar مُكَعَّب رُوبِيك (cubical mechanical puzzle) · my ရုဘစ်ကုဗတုံး (cubical mechanical puzzle) · mn Рубикийн шоо (cubical mechanical puzzle) · th ลูกบิด (cubical mechanical puzzle) · hu Rubik-kocka (cubical mechanical puzzle) · hy Ռուբիկի խորանարդ (cubical mechanical puzzle) · ru ку́бик-ру́бик (cubical mechanical puzzle) · nl Rubiks kubus (cubical mechanical puzzle) · fr Rubik's Cube (cubical mechanical puzzle) · el κύβος του Ρούμπικ (cubical mechanical puzzle) · ru ку́бик Ру́бика (cubical mechanical puzzle) · et Rubiku kuubik (cubical mechanical puzzle) · de Rubik’s Cube (cubical mechanical puzzle) · yue 扭計骰 /扭计骰 (cubical mechanical puzzle) · es cubo de Rubik (cubical mechanical puzzle) · lt Rubiko kubas (cubical mechanical puzzle) · vi Rubik (cubical mechanical puzzle) · pt cubo mágico (cubical mechanical puzzle) · tr Rubik Küpü (cubical mechanical puzzle) · bn রুবিক’স কিউব (cubical mechanical puzzle) · hy կուբիկ-ռուբիկ (cubical mechanical puzzle) · eo kubo de Rubik (cubical mechanical puzzle) · vi khối Rubik (cubical mechanical puzzle) · de Zauberwürfel (cubical mechanical puzzle) · pt cubo de Rubik (cubical mechanical puzzle)