cuneiform

Significat (Anglès)

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Having the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped, especially with a tapered end.
2. (not-comparable) Written in the cuneiform writing system.

Noun

1. An ancient Mesopotamian writing system, adapted within several language families, originating as pictograms in Sumer around the 30th century BC, evolving into more abstract and characteristic wedge shapes formed by a blunt reed stylus on clayen tablets.
2. A wedge-shaped bone, especially a cuneiform bone.

Conceptes

cuneïforme

escriptura cuneïforme

Sinònims

wedge-shaped

sphenoid

cuneal

v-shaped

wedgelike

wedge writing

wedge-form

cuneate

cuneiform writing

Traduccions

cuneiforme

cuneiforme

keilförmig

cunéiforme

Keilschrift

σφηνοειδής

spijkerschrift

cuneiforme

çivi yazısı

scrittura cuneiforme

escritura cuneiforme

مسماري

sfinoeidis grafi

wigvormig

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈkjuː.nɪ.fɔːm/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From French cunéiforme or New Latin cuneifōrmis, from Classical Latin cuneus (“wedge”) + fōrma.