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cubiculum

  • /kjuːˈbɪkjʊləm/

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Unadapted borrowing from Latin cubiculum (“bedroom”). Doublet of cubicle.

noun cubiculums · cubicula

  1. A small room, especially a bedroom, typically those small rooms found on the upper floor of a Roman house.
  2. A small room carved out of the wall of a catacomb, used as a mortuary chapel, and in Roman times, for Christian worship.

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noun small room

Italianocubicolo

noun catacomb room

Italianocubicolo

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"cubiculum." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cubiculum. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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cubiculum. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cubiculum

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"cubiculum." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cubiculum.

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@misc{cubiculum_2026,
  title = {cubiculum},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cubiculum},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}