cubicle
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Late Middle English cubicle, from Latin cubiculum (“bedroom”). Doublet of cubiculum.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cubicle (plural cubicles)
- A small separate part or one of the compartments of a room, especially in a work environment.
- Most libraries provide cubicles for quiet study.
- 1999, Mike Judge, Office Space, spoken by Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston):
- I sit in a cubicle and I update bank software for the 2000 switch.
- A small enclosure at a swimming pool etc. used to provide personal privacy when changing.
- (UK, Australia) A small enclosure in a public toilet for individual use.
- 2019 August 16, “Anti-sex toilets will soak users with water jets and sound alarm”, in Planet Rock[2], retrieved 17 August 2019:
- The toilets will have weight-sensitive floors to make sure only one person is using each cubicle at a time.
SynonymsEdit
- (toilet cubicle): stall (chiefly US)
TranslationsEdit
a small separate part or one of the compartments of a room
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a small enclosure at a swimming pool etc. used to provide personal privacy when changing
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Middle EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Learned borrowing from Latin cubiculum (“bedroom”).
NounEdit
cubicle (Late Middle English)
- a bedchamber [15th c.]
- (by extension) any small room
DescendantsEdit
- English: cubicle