Cubing terminology in different languages
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Indo-European Languages
| Germanic | Romance | Slavic | |||||||||
| English | Dutch | German | Swedish | Icelandic (1) | French | Spanish | Italian | Romanian | Russian | Polish | Croatian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rubik's Cube | Rubiks kubus | Zauberwürfel
['tsaʊbɐ̯vʏɐ̯fɛl] |
Rubiks kub | Rubik's teningur/kubbur | Rubik's Cube
[ʁubiks kyb] |
Cubo Rubik | Cubo di Rubik | Cubul Rubik | Кубик Рубика | Kostka Rubika | |
| Corner | die Ecke
[ɛkə] |
Horn | le coin
[kw~ɛ] |
vrh | |||||||
| Edge | die Kante | Hliðarkubbur | l'arête (f)
[aʁɛt] |
rub | |||||||
| center | Miðja | le centre
[s~atʁ] |
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| algorithm | Algrím | algorithme/algo
[algoʁitm/algo] |
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| F2L
[ɛf tuː ɛL] |
Fyrstu tvö lögin | F2L
[ɛf dø zɛl] |
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(1) Although these translations are correct, the English words are often used.
Other Languages
| English | Uralic | Semitic | Sino-Tibetan | Other Asian | ||||
| English | Hungarian | Hebrew
(Israel) |
Mandarin
(Simplified) |
Chinese
(Taiwan, Traditional) |
Chinese
(Hongkong, Traditional) |
Japanese | Korean | Vietnamese |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rubik's Cube | Rubik kocka | קובייה הונגרית
(kubia hungarit) |
魔方
[mófāng] |
魔術方塊
[móshùfāngkuài] |
扭計骰
[niǔjìtóu] |
ルービックキューブ
[ɽu͍ːbiQku͍kju͍ːꜜbu͍] |
Khối lập phương Rubik | |
| Corner | コーナー
[koːꜜnaː] |
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| Edge | エッジ
[eQꜜdʑi] |
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External Links
- Speedsolving.com: Rubik's Cube in different languages
- Speedsolving.com: Foreign Cubing Terms?
