cuneiform

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

cuneiforme

escritura cuneiforme

Sinónimos

wedge-shaped

sphenoid

cuneal

v-shaped

wedgelike

wedge writing

wedge-form

cuneate

cuneiform writing

Traducciones

cuneiforme

keilförmig

cunéiforme

Keilschrift

σφηνοειδής

cuneiforme

cuneïforme

spijkerschrift

مسماري

scrittura cuneiforme

çivi yazısı

écriture cunéiforme

σφηνοειδής γραφή

escrita cuneiforme

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈkjuː.nɪ.fɔːm/

Etimología (Inglés)

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