cubismo
Italian
Noun
cubismo m (plural cubismi)
Portuguese
Etymology
From French cubisme, from Latin cubus (“mass, quantity”), from Ancient Greek κύβος (kúbos, “cube, square”).
Pronunciation
- (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)
- cubism (an artistic movement characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes)
Related terms
Further reading
- “cubismo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “cubismo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
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)
Related terms
Further reading
- “cubismo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025