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cherub

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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈtʃɛrəb/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈtʃɛrəb/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(cher′əb)

Inflections of 'cherub' (n):
cherubs
npl
cherubim
npl

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
cher•ub /ˈtʃɛrəb/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. cher•u•bim /ˈtʃɛrəbɪm, -yʊbɪm/USA pronunciation  for 2.; cher•ubs for 4 in Unabridged dictionary.
  1. Religiona kind of angel, often represented as a winged child.
  2. a person, esp. a child, with a sweet, chubby, innocent face.
che•ru•bic /tʃəˈrubɪk/USA pronunciation  adj. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
cher•ub  (cher′əb),USA pronunciation n., pl. cher•ubs for 3, 4; cher•u•bim (cher′ə bim, -yŏŏ bim)USA pronunciation for 1, 2.
  1. Biblea celestial being. Gen. 3:24;
    Ezek. 1, 10.
  2. Religion[Theol.]a member of the second order of angels, often represented as a beautiful rosy-cheeked child with wings.
  3. a beautiful or innocent person, esp. a child.
  4. a person, esp. a child, with a sweet, chubby, innocent face.
  • Hebrew kərūbhīm (plural)
  • Greek
  • Latin cherūbim
  • Hebrew kərūbh; replacing Middle English cherubin, Old English c(h)erubin, cerubim (all singular)
  • Greek
  • Latin
  • Middle English bef. 900
che•ru′bi•cal•ly, adv. 
cher′ub•like′, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
cherub /ˈtʃɛrəb/ n ( pl cherubs, cherubim /ˈtʃɛrəbɪm; -ʊbɪm/)
  1. 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
Etymology: Old English, from Hebrew kěrūbhcherubic /tʃəˈruːbɪk/, cheˈrubical adj cheˈrubically adv
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