Definition
A small room or chamber in a Roman house, used as a bedroom or private space; also small burial chambers in Roman catacombs.
Etymology
From Latin 'cubiculum,' literally 'reclining place,' derived from 'cubare' (to lie down, recline) plus diminutive suffix '-culum.' The root connects to 'cubus' (cube) through the sense of a bounded space.
Kelly Says
Archaeologists excavating Pompeii discovered that wealthy Romans had cubicula with elaborate mosaics and frescoes—they were intimate spaces decorated with personal art, making them feel like ancient bedrooms with modern sensibilities.
Translations
ARالعربية
غرفة مكعبة
ghurfa mak'uba
BNবাংলা
কুবিকাল
koo-bee-kaal
CACatalà
cubiculum
kyoo-bee-kyoo-loo-muhm
CSČeština
kubikulum
kyoo-bee-kyoo-loo-muhm
DADansk
cubiculum
kyoo-bee-kyoo-loo-muhm
DEDeutsch
Kubikulum
koo-bee-koo-loo-muhm
ELΕλληνικά
κυβικό
kee-bee-koh
ESEspañol
cubiculo
koo-bee-koo-loh
FAفارسی
اتاق مکعبی
ataq-e mak'ubi
FISuomi
kubikulum
kyoo-bee-kyoo-loo-muhm
FRFrançais
cubiculum
kyoo-bee-kyoo-luhm
GUGU
ક્યુબિક્યુલમ
kyoo-bee-kyoo-luhm
HAHA
cubiculum
koo-bee-koo-luhm
HEעברית
חדר מעוין
khadar ma'avin
HIहिन्दी
घनकक्ष
ghanaksha
HUMagyar
kubikulum
kyoo-bee-kyoo-loo-muhm
IDBahasa Indonesia
kubikulum
koo-bee-koo-luhm
IGIG
cubiculum
koo-bee-koo-luhm
ITItaliano
cubiculum
kyoo-bee-kyoo-loo-muhm
KKKK
cubiculum
koo-bee-koo-luhm
MRMR
क्यूबिकुलम
kyoo-bee-kyoo-luhm
MSBahasa Melayu
kubikulum
koo-bee-koo-luhm
MYမြန်မာ
ကျူပီကလမ်
kyoo-pee-ka-lam
NLNederlands
kubikulum
koo-bee-koo-luhm
NONorsk
kubikulum
kyoo-bee-kyoo-loo-muhm
PAPA
ਕੁਬਿਕੁਲਮ
koo-bee-koo-luhm
PLPolski
cubiculum
kyoo-bee-kyoo-loo-muhm
PTPortuguês
cubiculo
koo-bee-koo-loh
RORomână
cubiculum
kyoo-bee-kyoo-loo-muhm
RUРусский
кубикулум
koo-bee-koo-luhm
SVSvenska
kubikulum
kyoo-bee-kyoo-loo-muhm
SWKiswahili
cubiculum
koo-bee-koo-luhm
TEతెలుగు
ఘన గది
ghana ghadi
THไทย
ห้องลูกบาศก์
huat luk-ba-sat
TLTL
kubikulum
koo-bee-koo-luhm
TRTürkçe
kübikulum
koo-bee-koo-luhm
UKУкраїнська
кубікулум
koo-bee-koo-luhm
URاردو
کوبیکولم
koo-bee-koo-luhm
VITiếng Việt
phòng hình khối
phong hinh khoi
YOYO
cubiculum
koo-bee-koo-luhm
ZUZU
cubiculum
koo-bee-koo-luhm