querubim

Galician

Noun

querubim m (plural querubins, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of querubín

Further reading

  • “querubim” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese querubin (“cherub”), from Latin cherūbīm, from Ancient Greek χερουβίν (kheroubín), from Biblical Hebrew כרֻבִים (keruvím), plural indefinite form of כְּרוּב (kerúv), 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)

  1. (religion) cherub (hybrid figure with a guardian function, generally represented with a human face and the winged body of a bull or lion)
  2. (religion) cherub (each of the celestial spirits who, together with the thrones and the seraphim, form the first angelic hierarchy)
  3. (painting) cherub (painted or carved representation of this celestial spirit, usually in the form of a plump, healthy-looking child with wings)
  4. (figuratively) cherub (very beautiful child)

Derived terms

adjectives

Further reading

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