cubicle en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈkjʉːbɪkəl/ (Australia)
- audio Wisconsin
- /ˈkjuːbɪkəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈkjʉːbəkəl/ (New-Zealand)
- /ˈkjubɪkəl/ (Canada, General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From Late Middle English cubicle, from Latin cubiculum (“bedroom”). Doublet of cubiculum.
Meanings
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A small separate part or one of the compartments of a room, especially in a work environment.
Two men who were in the baths at the time of the fire, who preferred to remain anonymous, told GCN that they were asleep in a cubicle on the fourth floor when they awoke to the smell of smoke.
1983 December 17, Christine Guilfoy, “Women's Bar, Mens Baths Destroyed By Fire”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 22, page 1:Most libraries provide cubicles for quiet study.
Near-synonyms: carrel (sometimes synonymous), carol
I sit in a cubicle and I update bank software for the 2000 switch.
1999, Mike Judge, Office Space (motion picture), spoken by Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston):
- A small enclosure at a swimming pool etc. used to provide personal privacy when changing.
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(Australia, New-Zealand, UK) A small enclosure in a public toilet for individual use.
With more urinals than cubicles, men - unlike women - rarely queue, a Royal Society for Public Health report says.
2019 May 23, “Two female loos for every male one, experts recommend”, in BBC News, retrieved 14 Aug 2019:The toilets will have weight-sensitive floors to make sure only one person is using each cubicle at a time.
2019 August 16, “Anti-sex toilets will soak users with water jets and sound alarm”, in Planet Rock, retrieved 17 Aug 2019:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cubicles | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
multicubicle · cubiclelike · cubiclize · coffice · cubicle farm · cubicled
Descendants
Relateds
sociofugal · partition · closet · roomlet
Synonyms
Translations (55)
ms pangsa (a small separate part or one of the compartments of a room) · hu fülke (a small enclosure in a public toilet for individual use) · fi pömpeli (a small enclosure in a public toilet for individual use) · ms kubikel persalinan (a small enclosure at a swimming pool etc. used to provide personal privacy when changing) · cy ciwbicl (a small separate part or one of the compartments of a room) · cmn 斗室 (a small separate part or one of the compartments of a room) · fi käymäläkoppi (a small enclosure in a public toilet for individual use) · tr kabin (a small enclosure at a swimming pool etc. used to provide personal privacy when changing) · hu kabin (a small enclosure at a swimming pool etc. used to provide personal privacy when changing) · ru каби́на (a small enclosure at a swimming pool etc. used to provide personal privacy when changing) · fr cabine (a small enclosure at a swimming pool etc. used to provide personal privacy when changing) · ota حجره (a small separate part or one of the compartments of a room) · hu zuhanyzófülke (a small separate part or one of the compartments of a room) · ru каби́на (a small enclosure in a public toilet for individual use) · hu próbafülke (a small separate part or one of the compartments of a room) · hu alkóv (a small separate part or one of the compartments of a room) · de Badekabine (a small enclosure at a swimming pool etc. used to provide personal privacy when changing) · de Kabine (a small separate part or one of the compartments of a room) · de Ankleidekabine (a small enclosure at a swimming pool etc. used to provide personal privacy when changing) · hu öltöző (a small enclosure at a swimming pool etc. used to provide personal privacy when changing) · hu hálófülke (a small separate part or one of the compartments of a room) · de Arbeitsplatz (a small separate part or one of the compartments of a room) · ga cubhachail (a small separate part or one of the compartments of a room) · ru каби́нка (a small enclosure at a swimming pool etc. used to provide personal privacy when changing) · cs kabina (a small enclosure in a public toilet for individual use) · ru яче́йка (a small separate part or one of the compartments of a room) · cs kóje (a small separate part or one of the compartments of a room) · de Umkleidekabine (a small enclosure at a swimming pool etc. used to provide personal privacy when changing) · fr cabinet (a small enclosure in a public toilet for individual use) · ms kubikel tandas (a small enclosure in a public toilet for individual use) · hu olvasófülke (a small separate part or one of the compartments of a room) · ca cubicle (a small separate part or one of the compartments of a room) · sv bås (a small enclosure in a public toilet for individual use) · sl kabina (a small separate part or one of the compartments of a room) · fi WC-koppi (a small enclosure in a public toilet for individual use) · ja 個室 (a small enclosure in a public toilet for individual use) · pt baia (a small separate part or one of the compartments of a room) · hu irodafülke (a small separate part or one of the compartments of a room) · hu WC-fülke (a small enclosure in a public toilet for individual use) · fr box (a small separate part or one of the compartments of a room) · pt reservado (a small enclosure in a public toilet for individual use) · ru каби́нка (a small enclosure in a public toilet for individual use) · hu vécéfülke (a small enclosure in a public toilet for individual use) · fi koppi (a small separate part or one of the compartments of a room) · sl kabina (a small enclosure at a swimming pool etc. used to provide personal privacy when changing) · tr hücre (a small separate part or one of the compartments of a room) · tr odacık (a small separate part or one of the compartments of a room) · he תָּא (a small separate part or one of the compartments of a room) · cmn 斗居 (a small separate part or one of the compartments of a room) · hu öltözőfülke (a small enclosure at a swimming pool etc. used to provide personal privacy when changing) · ga seomra gléasta (a small enclosure at a swimming pool etc. used to provide personal privacy when changing) · cs kabina (a small enclosure at a swimming pool etc. used to provide personal privacy when changing) · hu fülke (a small separate part or one of the compartments of a room) · ms kubikel (a small separate part or one of the compartments of a room) · fi pukukoppi (a small enclosure at a swimming pool etc. used to provide personal privacy when changing)