Cuboid
/ˈkjuː.bɔɪd/noun
A three-dimensional shape with six rectangular faces, like a stretched cube.
Did you know?The second half, -oid, comes from Greek *-oeidēs*, meaning “having the form of,” a suffix that also gave English words like “asteroid” and “humanoid.”
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
kybōn
“a die or cube”
Late Latin
Latin
cubus
“a cube”
Late Latin / Greek
Greek/Latin
-oeidēs / -oides
“having the form of, resembling”
18th–19th Century
French/English
cuboïde
“cube-shaped; having the form of a cube”
Modern English
English
cuboid
“cube-shaped; in geometry, a solid resembling a cube”