• (British) IPA: /ˈkjuː.bɪt/
• (America) enPR: kyo͞o'bĭt, IPA: /ˈkju.bɪt/

cubit (plural cubits)

1. (historical units of measure) Various former units of length notionally based on the distance from a grown man's elbow to his fingertips, standardized in different places and times at values between 35 and 60 cm.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Matthew 6:27 ↗:

     Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

2. (anatomy) The ulna.

• (unit of length) ell (now properly a separate English unit); arshin, Russian cubit (Russian contexts); dira (modern Middle Eastern contexts)
• (bone) See ulna

• cubitus
• qubit

• French: coudée
• German: Elle
• Portuguese: cúbito, côvado
• Russian: ло́коть
• Spanish: codo