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cher·ub

(chĕr′əb)

1. pl. cher·u·bim (chĕr′ə-bĭm′, -yə-bĭm′)

a. A winged celestial being.

b. cherubim Christianity The second of the nine orders of angels in medieval angelology.

2. pl. cher·ubs

a. A putto.

b. A person, especially a child, with an innocent or chubby face.

[Middle English, from Late Latin, from Hebrew kərûb; see krb in Semitic roots.]

che·ru′bic (chə-ro͞o′bĭk) adj.

che·ru′bi·cal·ly adv.

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cherub

(ˈtʃɛrəb)

n, pl cherubs or cherubim (ˈtʃɛrəbɪm; -ʊbɪm)

1. (Theology) theol a member of the second order of angels, whose distinctive gift is knowledge, often represented as a winged child or winged head of a child

2. an innocent or sweet child

[Old English, from Hebrew kěrūbh]

cherubic, cheˈrubical adj

cheˈrubically adv

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cher•ub

(ˈtʃɛr əb)

n., pl. cher•ubs for 4; cher•u•bim (ˈtʃɛr ə bɪm, -yʊ bɪm) for 1, 2.

1. a celestial being. Gen. 3:24; Ezek. 1, 10.

2. a member of the second order of angels, often represented as a winged child.

3. a person, esp. a child, with a sweet, chubby face.

[before 900; Old English c(h)erubin, cerubim (all singular) < Latin cherūbim < Greek < Hebrew kərūbhīm (pl.)]

che•ru•bic (tʃəˈru bɪk) adj.

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Noun	1.	cherub - a sweet innocent baby babe, baby, infant - a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk; "the baby began to cry again"; "she held the baby in her arms"; "it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different"
	2.	cherub - an angel of the second order whose gift is knowledge; usually portrayed as a winged child angel - spiritual being attendant upon God

Translations

ملاك مَلاك ذو أجْنِحَه

andělíčekcherubín

englebarnkerub

Cherub

chérubin angelot

kisangyal

kerúb

cherubino putto angioletto

cherubinascherubino

ķerubs

basunengel kjerub

херувим

cherubín

kerub

kanatlı çocuk yüzlü melek

小天使胖娃娃

cherub

[ˈtʃerəb] N (cherubs (pl))

1. → querubín m, angelito m

2. (Rel) (cherubim (pl)) [ˈtʃerəbɪm] → querubín m

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cherub

[ˈtʃɛrəb] n (= angel) → chérubin m

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cherub

pl <-im> (Eccl) → Cherub m

pl <-s> (Art) → Putte f, → Putto m (form); (= baby) → Engelchen nt

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cherub

[ˈtʃɛrəb] n

a. (cherubs (pl)) (child) → angioletto

b. (cherubim (pl)) [ˈtʃɛrəbɪm] (Rel) → cherubino

cherub

(ˈtʃerəb) noun

an angel with wings and the plump face and body of a child.

cheˈrubic (-ˈruː-) adjective

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To go over all those fat little legs, pulling on their stockings, to take in her arms and dip those little naked bodies, and to hear their screams of delight and alarm, to see the breathless faces with wide-open, scared, and happy eyes of all her splashing cherubs, was a great pleasure to her.

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They were like the cherubs of the anecdote, who had-- morally, at any rate--nothing to whack!