cherub

  • 21cherub — ⇒CHEROUB, CHERUB, (CHEROUB, CHÉROUB, CHERUB, CHÉRUB)subst. masc. Être fantastique, mi homme mi animal, appartenant à l origine à la mythologie assyrienne avec la fonction de gardien du seuil (cf. aussi chérubin) : • On connaît désormais la forme… …

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  • 22cherub — UK [ˈtʃerəb] / US noun [countable] Word forms cherub : singular cherub plural cherubs 1) art Word forms cherub : plural cherubim UK [ˈtʃerəbɪm] / US / UK [ˈkerəbɪm] / US or cherubs a type of angel that is represented in art as an attractive,… …

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  • 23cherub — [OE] Cherub is of Akkadian origin (Akkad was the northern region of ancient Babylonia). Akkadian karūbu meant ‘gracious’. This was borrowed into Hebrew as kerūbh (plural kerūbhīm), which was used in the Old Testament to signify a certain class of …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 24cherub — [OE] Cherub is of Akkadian origin (Akkad was the northern region of ancient Babylonia). Akkadian karūbu meant ‘gracious’. This was borrowed into Hebrew as kerūbh (plural kerūbhīm), which was used in the Old Testament to signify a certain class of …

    Word origins

  • 25Cherub — himmlischer Wächter; Seraphim; Engel; Kerub; Gottesbote * * * Che|rub 〈[ çe: ] m.; s, bim od. bi|nen; AT〉 Engel, Paradieswächter; oV Kerub [hebr., urspr. „geflügeltes Wundertier mit menschlichem Antlitz“; verwandt mit Greif] …

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  • 26chérub — (entrée créée par le supplément) (ché rub) s. m. Terme d antiquité. Mot sémitique désignant des figures d animaux et d où provient chérubin. •   On connaît désormais la forme particulière que ces animaux fantastiques, désignés sous le nom de… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 27cherub — [[t]tʃe̱rəb[/t]] cherubs N COUNT A cherub is a kind of angel that is represented in art as a naked child with wings. Syn: angel …

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  • 28cherub — noun (C) 1 a picture or figure of a fat, pretty, usually male child with small wings, used as a decoration 2 informal a young pretty child who behaves very well 3 spoken used to address a young child in a friendly way: Come to Mummy, my cherub! 4 …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 29cherub — noun 1) she was borne up to heaven by cherubs Syn: angel, seraph 2) a cherub of 18 months Syn: baby, infant, toddler, little angel, (tiny) tot; literary babe, babe in arms …

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  • 30Cherub Rock — Single by The Smashing Pumpkins from the album Siamese Dream Re …

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