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.

Sinónimos

wedge-shaped

sphenoid

cuneal

v-shaped

wedgelike

wedge writing

wedge-form

cuneate

cuneiform writing

Traducións

cuneiforme

cuneiforme

keilförmig

Keilschrift

cunéiforme

σφηνοειδής

cuneïforme

cuneiforme

spijkerschrift

مسماري

scrittura cuneiforme

escritura cuneiforme

çivi yazısı

إسفيني

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈkjuː.nɪ.fɔːm/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

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