cuneiform

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

cuneiforme

scrittura cuneiforme

sinonimi

wedge-shaped

sphenoid

cuneal

v-shaped

wedgelike

wedge writing

wedge-form

cuneate

cuneiform writing

Traduzioni

cuneiforme

keilförmig

Keilschrift

σφηνοειδής

cunéiforme

spijkerschrift

cuneiforme

cuneïforme

مسماري

escritura cuneiforme

çivi yazısı

écriture cunéiforme

σφηνοειδής γραφή

wigvormig

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈkjuː.nɪ.fɔːm/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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