querubim

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Cherubim (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese querubin (“cherub”), from Latin cherubim, from Hebrew כרֻבִים‎ (keruvím), plural indefinite form of כְּרוּב‎ (keruvím), from a Proto-Semitic source.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ke.ɾuˈbĩ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɨ.ɾuˈbĩ/ [kɨ.ɾuˈβĩ]

Rhymes: -ĩ
Hyphenation: que‧ru‧bim

Noun

querubim m (plural querubins)

(religion) cherub (winged creature represented in the Bible as attending on God)
Synonym: quérube

Coordinate terms

anjo, arcanjo, dominação, potestade, principado, serafim, trono, virtude

Related terms

quérube
querúbico
querubíneo
querubínico

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