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)

1. (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