cubilete
Spanish
Etymology
From gubilete, from French gobelet, with influence from cuba.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kubiˈlete/ [ku.β̞iˈle.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ete
- Syllabification: cu‧bi‧le‧te
Noun
cubilete m (plural cubiletes)
- small cube (e.g. a stock cube)
- (small) cake mould
- a dish consisting of ground meat and stock
- a cup, especially one used for a dice game
- a dice shaker
Further reading
- “cubilete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024