sugar cube

See also: sugarcube

English

Sugar cubes.

Alternative forms

• sugarcube (rare)

Noun

sugar cube (plural sugar cubes)

1. Piece of sugar in the shape of a cube (or approximate cube), often used for coffee or tea.

   Synonym: sugar lump

Related terms

• cube sugar

Translations

piece of sugar in the shape of a cube — see also cube sugar

• Arabic: قَنْد m (qand)

  Gulf Arabic: قند m (qand)

• Belarusian: кускавы́ цу́кар m (kuskavý cúkar), кава́лкавы цу́кар m (kaválkavy cúkar)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 方糖 (fong¹ tong⁴)

  Hokkien: 角糖 (kak-thn̂g)

  Mandarin: 方糖 (zh) (fāngtáng)

• Dutch: suikerklontje (nl)
• Finnish: sokeripala (fi)
• French: cube de sucre m, morceau de sucre (fr) m
• German: Zuckerwürfel (de) m
• Hungarian: kockacukor (hu), mokkacukor (hu)
• Icelandic: sykurmoli (is) m
• Italian: zolletta (it) f
• Japanese: 角砂糖 (ja) (かくざとう, kakuzatō)
• Korean: 각설탕(角雪糖) (gakseoltang)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: şekirê kabikî

• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: ёотон (mn) (jooton)

  Mongolian: ᠶᠣᠣᠲᠠᠩ (yootang)

• Persian: قند (fa) (qand)
• Polish: kostka cukru f
• Portuguese: cubo de açúcar m, torrão de açúcar m
• Romanian: zahăr cubic (ro) n
• Spanish: terrón de azúcar m
• Swedish: sockerbit (sv) c
• Thai: น้ำตาลก้อน
• Vietnamese: đường cục

Further reading

• sugar cube on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “sugar cube” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “sugar cube” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “sugar cube”, in Collins English Dictionary.

Anagrams

• cube sugar