cubital
adjective, noun
cubital is an adjective meaning “Of or pertaining to the cubit or ulna” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-U-B-I-T-A-L, and it appears about once in every 28 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does cubital mean?
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to the cubit or ulna.
- 2
Of or pertaining to the cubitus and/or the areas of the wing next to it.
- 3
Measured in cubits.
- 4
Of the length of a cubit.
noun
- 1
Synonym of cubitus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of cubital
- cubitals plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is cubital?
Cubital appears about once in every 28 million words in written English, the 159,707th 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).
Cubital in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of or pertaining to the cubit or ulna:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | cubital |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does cubital come from?
From cubit + -al.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).