Cubicle

Definition: Cubicle

Cubicle

Noun

1. Small room is which a monk or nun lives.

2. Small individual study area in a library.

3. Small area set off by walls for special use.

Date "cubicle" was first used: sometime around 1450. (references)

Domain	Definition
Building & Civil Engineering	Petite pièce où une, deux ou trois personnes pouvent s'isoler pour poursuivre un travail, une recherche. Source: European Union. (references)
Computing	A small enclosure or alcove designed for individual study or reading in the stack room of a library. Source: European Union. (references)
	Dans un laboratoire de langues. Source: European Union. (references)
Medicine	A sleeping compartment partitioned off from a large room. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Cubicle

Synonyms: booth (n), carrel (n), carrell (n), cell (n), kiosk (n), stall (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Receptacle	Chamber, apartment, room, cabin; office, court, hall, atrium; suite of rooms, apartment, flat, story; saloon, salon, parlor; by-room, cubicle; presence chamber; sitting room, best room, keeping room, drawing room, reception room, state room; gallery, cabinet, closet; pew, box; boudoir; adytum, sanctum; bedroom, dormitory; refectory, dining room, salle-a-manger; nursery, schoolroom; library, study; studio; billiard room, smoking room; den; stateroom, tablinum, tenement.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Cubicle

Specialty definitions using "cubicle": attenuated total reflectance, attenuated total reflexion ♦ CLEANER, HOSPITAL ♦ housekeeper, hospital ♦ IRRADIATED-FUEL HANDLER. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	I sit in a cubicle and I update bank software for the 2000 switch. (Office Space; writing credit: Mike Judge)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Fugitive From the Cubicle Police Dilbert (reference) Working For The Man : Stories From Behind The Cubicle Wall, Vol. 1 (reference) Cubicle Rage: Tangible Portrayals of Reality (reference) Cubicle Warfare: Self-Defense Tactics for Today's Hypercompetitive Workplace (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Cubicle Life (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	LCD MONITOR CUBICLE HANGER (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Fortune teller's cubicle, state fair, Donaldsonville, Louisiana. Credit: Library of Congress.		Lamont Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Cubicle. Credit: Library of Congress.
	S.S. Victoria. Patio cubicle. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

"Cubicle" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.87% of the time. "Cubicle" is used about 177 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	98.87%	175	23,506
Noun (proper)	1.13%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	177	N/A

Expressions using "cubicle": changing cubicle ♦ shower cubicle. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "cubicle": cubicle-cupboard, cubicle-sized.
	Ending with "cubicle": shower-cubicle.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "cubicle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		dhomëz (chamber, compartment, crib, cubbyhole, cuddy), dhomë fjetjeje e vogël. (various references)

Arabic		‏مهجع في حجرة نوم مجزأة, ‏مهجع من عدة مهاجع. (various references)

Chinese		小卧室. (various references)

Czech		kóje (berth, bunk). (various references)

Danish		sengebaas, rum (room, space). (various references)

Dutch		compartiment (compartment, coupé), vak (branch, compartment, department, handicraft, occupation, pigeonhole, section, speciality, square, trade), ruimte (location, outer space, place, room, space, spot), eenlingbox, box (stall). (various references)

Farsi		خوابگاه(جداگانه), اطاقک (Booth, Box). (various references)

Finnish		tila (accommodation, condition, estate, farm, room, space, state, status), pihaton parsi, osasto (body, compartment, department, detachment, division, section, unit, ward), makuuparsi, lokero (branch, compartment, department, pigeonhole, pigeon-hole, safe-deposit box, section, speciality). (various references)

French		cabine. (various references)

German		Zelle (airframe, booth, box, cabin, cell). (various references)

Greek		κοιτώνασ (chamber), μικρό δωμάτιο (roomette), χώρισμα (divide, parting, partition, septum), ερμάριο (cabinet, locker), ατομικό διαμέρισμα ενσταυλισμού, θαλαμίσκοσ (closet). (various references)

Hebrew		תא (box, cabin, cell, chamber, compartment, room), ח�"רון (roomette, small room). (various references)

Hungarian		hálófülke (alcove). (various references)

Indonesian		ruang tidur. (various references)

Italian		cubicolo, cassone (box, caisson, cassone, castes, chest), scomparto (compartment, division). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		パーソナル化 (part, part time, participation, participation program, partition, parts, part-timer, party, person call, person trip, personalization, product stopping being a luxury item, PT). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		パーティション (partition). (various references)

Manx		killeen (cell, cellule). (various references)

Pig Latin		ubiclecay

Portuguese		cubículo (cell, closet, cubby). (various references)

Romanian		nişã (alcove, bay, niche, recess), mic dormitor. (various references)

Russian		кабина на пляже, небольшая комнатка. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		pregrada za jednog spavača, odelenje (department, ward). (various references)

Spanish		cubículo (box stall, cage). (various references)

Swedish		sovhytt, skåp (cabinet, closet, cupboard, locker, sideboard), litet rum (den), liggbås, fack (box, branch, case, compartment, department, field, line, partition, pigeonhole, pigeon-hole, section, speciality, trade), bås (booth, box, crib, stall). (various references)

Turkish		odacık (Cubby, cuddy), hücre (cabin, cell, cellular, hole), göz (blinker, cell, compartment, Cubby, cubbyhole, cuddy, drawer, eye, eyehole, glim, ocular, ophthalmic, optic, optical, opto-, orb, orbit, orbital, peeper, sight). (various references)

Turkmen		kabina (r) (booth). (various references)

Ukrainian		невелика кімнатка. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	cubiculum. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "cubicle": cubicles. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Cubicle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bubucled, Cebiche, crubicle, cubbicle, cubiclel, Cubillo, Kubicke. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "cubicle" (pronounced kyuw"bikul)
4	-i k u l	acoustical, alphabetical, analytical, antithetical, apolitical, archaeological, archeological, astrological, astronautical, astronomical, asymmetrical, atypical, autobiographical, bicycle, biographical, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, botanical, categorical, cervical, chronological, classical, comical, conical, critical, cyclical, cylindrical, cynical, dermatological, diabolical, dialectical, ecclesiastical, ecological, economical, ecumenical, egotistical, electrical, electrochemical, electromechanical, elliptical, empirical, encyclical, epidemiological, eschatological, ethical, ethnical, evangelical, fanatical, galenical, geographical, geological, geometrical, geopolitical, graphical, gynecological, helical, heretical, historical, hypercritical, hypocritical, hysterical, icicle, identical, ideological, illogical, immunological, inimical, ironical, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, logical, logistical, lyrical, magical, mathematical, mechanical, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, methodological, metrical, morphological, musical, mystical, mythological, neoclassical, neurological, nonelectrical, nonpolitical, nonsensical, nonsurgical, nontechnical, ontological, optical, ornithological, paradoxical, pathological, pedagogical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, pharmacological, philosophical, phonological, physical, physiological, popsicle, preclinical, problematical, prototypical, psychical, psychological, puritanical, rabbinical, radiological, rhetorical, sabbatical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, serological, sociological, spherical, statistical, stereotypical, strategical, surgical, symmetrical, tactical, technical, technological, teleological, testicle, theatrical, theological, theoretical, topical, toxicological, tricycle, tropical, typographical, tyrannical, umbilical, uncritical, uneconomical, unethical, untypical, vehicle, vertical, viatical, virological, whimsical, zoological.
3	-k u l	aeronautical, agrochemical, allegorical, anarchical, anatomical, ankle, anthropological, article, barnacle, biblical, bifocal, biochemical, brickle, buckle, cackle, chemical, Chronicle, chuckle, circle, clavicle, clerical, clinical, commonsensical, coracle, cortical, crackle, cuticle, cycle, debacle, diacritical, domical, ducal, encircle, epochal, equivocal, etymological, farcical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, follicle, freckle, geophysical, gonococcal, grackle, grammatical, granduncle, hackle, heckle, heterocercal, hierarchical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypothetical, impractical, jackal, knuckle, local, maniacal, matriarchal, medical, meikle, meteorological, methodical, Mickle, miracle, monocle, motorcycle, muckle, mythical, nautical, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, numerical, obstacle, Oracle, oratorical, particle, patriarchal, photochemical, pickle, pinnacle, polemical, political, pontifical, practical, pumpernickel, quizzical, radical, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, receptacle, reciprocal, recycle, ruckle, runkle, satirical, shackle, shekel, sickle, skeptical, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spectacle, sprinkle, stickle, suckle, tabernacle, tackle, tentacle, tickle, tinkle, trickle, twinkle, typical, uncle, unequivocal, unicycle, unshackle, vocal, Winkle, wrinkle.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-c-c-e-i-l-u"
	-2 letters: cubic.
	-3 letters: bice, bile, blue, ceil, club, clue, cube, lice, lieu, lube, luce.
	-4 letters: bel, cel, cub, cue, ecu, ice, lei, leu, lib, lie.
	-5 letters: be, bi, el, li.
	Words containing the letters "b-c-c-e-i-l-u"
	+1 letter: crucible, cubicles.
	+2 letters: crucibles.
	+3 letters: corbiculae.
	+4 letters: conductible.
	+5 letters: cherubically, circulatable, communicable, incalculable.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
cubicle	69	cubicle track	6
cubicle curtain	33	shower cubicle	6
office cubicle	24	cubicle curtain hospital track window	6
cubicle accessory	17	cubicle curtain fire retardant window	6
cubicle etiquette	17	cubicle picture	5
cubicle furniture	15	cubicle curtain track	5
chaos cubicle	12	cubicle design	4
cubicle feng shui	12	cubicle decor	4
cubicle wall	10	cubicle furniture office	4
cubicle decoration	10	cubicle divider	4
decorate cubicle	9	cubicle panel	4
cubicle ediquette	9	cubicle cartoon	4
cubicle door	9	cubicle supply	4
kickle cubicle	9	cubicle toy	4
decorating my cubicle	8	cubicle partition	3
cubicle commando	8	office cubicle system	3
cubicle system	8	beach cubicle delray divider selling	3
cubicle humor	7	cubicle curtain privacy	3
cubicle joke	7	cubicle etiquette office	3
cubicle productivity study	7	cubicle feng office shui	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Cubicle

Definition: Cubicle

Cubicle

Noun

Specialty Definition: Cubicle

Synonyms: Cubicle

Synonyms within Context: Cubicle

Receptacle

Crosswords: Cubicle

Modern Usage: Cubicle

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Usage Frequency: Cubicle

Expression: Cubicle

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Cubicle

Modern Translation: Cubicle

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Anagrams: Cubicle

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

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