Cubing terminology in different languages

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Pronunciation is given in square brackets, in pinyin in for Mandarin and in IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) for other languages (for technical reason, nasal vowels are denoted by a proceeding tilde (~)). Literal translations are given in parentheses. Gender has been indicated when appropriate.

List of Main Terminology

Indo-European Languages

Germanic Romance Slavic
English Dutch German Swedish Icelandic (1) French Spanish Portuguese 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 de Rubik Cubo di Rubik Cubul Rubik Кубик Рубика Kostka Rubika
Corner die Ecke

[ɛkə]

hörn horn le coin

[kw~ɛ]

esquina vrh
Edge die Kante kant hliðarkubbur l'arête (f)

[aʁɛt]

borde rub
center mitt miðja le centre

[s~atʁ]

centro
algorithm dragserie algrím l'algorithme/algo (m)

[algoʁitm/algo]

algoritmo algoritmo
F2L

[ɛf tuː ɛL]

fyrstu tvö lögin le F2L

[ɛf døz‿ɛl]

primeros 2 niveles Primi Due Strati
to scramble blanda mélanger

[mel~aʒe]

desordenar mischiare

(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 (2) Korean Vietnamese
Rubik's Cube Rubik Kocka (Rubik's Cube) / Varázs Kocka (Magic Cube) 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

ru-bikkukyu-bu (Rubik Cube) [ɽu͍ːbiQku͍kju͍ːꜜbu͍]

루빅스 큐브

ru-bik-sseu kyu-beu (Rubik's Cube)

Khối lập phương Rubik
corner コーナー

ko-na- (corner) [koːꜜnaː]

edge エッジ

ejji (edge) [eQꜜdʑi]

center センター

senta- (center) [seꜜntaː]

algorithm アルゴリズム

arugorizumu (algorithm) [aɽu͍goɽiꜜzu͍mu͍]

to scramble
F2L F2L

efutsu-eru ("ef two el") [efu͍tsu͍ːeꜜɽu͍]

(2) Many Japanese cubing terms are simplify transliterations of the English words, written in katakana.

Cubing Glossaries in Different Languages

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