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Rubik's cube
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Rubik's Cube
English
thumb|A Rubik's cube.
Alternative forms
en Rubik's Cube
Etymology
en hu Rubik-kocka, named after the inventor of the Rubik's cube, Ernő Rubik.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɹʉwbɪkskjʉwb/ SSB
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Rubik's cube.wav Southern England
Noun
Rubik's cube
A mechanical puzzle in the shape of a cube, all sides able to be rotated, each side divided into 9 squares, the moving pieces allowing the cube to be rearranged. The goal is to get the colored squares aligned so that each side of the cube is the same color.
en 3x3x3 magic cube puzzle cube
en twisty puzzle
en speedcube
en 2005 Paul Carter Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs Allen and Unwin Crows Nest 48 They can open bottles, smoke a cigarette, draw a picture, solve a Rubik's cube, all with the holiest of holies.
Derived terms
en Rubik's cubist Rubik's cuber cuber cubing more confusing than a Rubik's cube speedcube speedcuber speedcubing
Translations
cubical mechanical puzzle
Arabic: ar مُكَعَّب رُوبِيك m
Armenian: hy Ռուբիկի խորանարդ, hy ռուբիկ-կուբիկ, hy կուբիկ-ռուբիկ
Bengali: bn রুবিক’স কিউব
Burmese: my ရုဘစ်ကုဗတုံး
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 扭計骰
Mandarin: cmn 魔方 mófāng
Czech: cs Rubikova kostka f
Dutch: nl Rubiks kubus m
Esperanto: eo kubo de Rubik
Estonian: et Rubiku kuubik
Finnish: fi Rubikin kuutio
French: fr Rubik's Cube m, fr Cube de Rubik m
Georgian: ka რუბიკის კუბი
German: de Zauberwürfel m, de Rubik's Cube Rubik’s Cube m
Greek: el κύβος του Ρούμπικ m
Hebrew: he קובייה הונגרית f kubiya hungarit
Hindi: hi रुबिक घन
Hungarian: hu Rubik-kocka
Japanese: ja ルービックキューブ rūbikku kyūbu
Khmer: km រូប៊ិក ខ្យូប
Korean: ko 루빅스 큐브
Latvian: lv Rubika kubs
Lithuanian: lt Rubiko kubas
Macedonian: mk Рубикова коцка f
Mongolian: mn Рубикийн шоо
Persian: fa مکعب روبیک moka'ab-e rubik
Polish: pl kostka Rubika f
Portuguese: pt cubo mágico m, pt cubo de Rubik m
Russian: ru ку́бик Ру́бика m, ru ку́бик-ру́бик m
Slovene: sl rubikova kocka m
Spanish: es cubo de Rubik m, es cubo mágico m
Swedish: sv Rubiks kub c
Thai: th ลูกบิด
Turkish: tr Rubik Küpü
Vietnamese: vi lập phương Rubik, vi khối Rubik, vi Rubik
Yiddish: yi רוביקס קוב
Further reading
en eponyms
en Rubik's Cube