cubiculum
/kjuːˈbɪkjʊləm/noun
cubiculum is spelled C-U-B-I-C-U-L-U-M: 9 letters. It appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, cubiculum means “A small room, especially a bedroom, typically those small rooms found on the upper floor of a Roman house” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cubiculum is cubiculums or cubicula.
How many letters and syllables are in cubiculum?
| Letters | 9: C-U-B-I-C-U-L-U-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 91 million words; the 305,310th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is cubiculum?
Cubiculum appears about once in every 91 million words in written English, the 305,310th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce cubiculum?
- /kjuːˈbɪkjʊləm/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of cubiculum
- cubiculums plural
- cubicula plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does cubiculum mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small room, especially a bedroom, typically those small rooms found on the upper floor of a Roman house.
- 2
A small room carved out of the wall of a catacomb, used as a mortuary chapel, and in Roman times, for Christian worship.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does cubiculum come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin cubiculum (“bedroom”). Doublet of cubicle.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).