köb

Back-formation from köböl (“measure of volume”, no longer used). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkøb]
• Rhymes: -øb
• Hyphenation: köb

köb (plural köbök)

1. (mathematics) cube (the third power of a number)

   Mennyi három a köbön? ― How much is three cubed?

   Három a köbön az huszonhét. ― Three cubed is twenty-seven.

• köb in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

• bök

köb (genitive köba, plural köbs)

1. comb

• köbön