cuneiform

cuneiform - English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA: /kjuˈni.ə.fɔɹm/, /ˈkju.nɪ.fɔɹm/

Adjective

cuneiform (not comparable)

  1. Having the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped, especially with a tapered end.
  2. Written in the cuneiform writing system.

Synonyms

Translations

  • Afrikaans: spykerskrif, wigskrif
  • Armenian: սեպագիր (hy) (sepagir), բեւեռագիր (hy) (beweṙagir)
  • Belarusian: клінапі́сны (klinapísny)
  • Dutch: spijkerschrift (nl) n, wigschrift n
  • French: cunéiforme (fr)
  • Galician: cuneiforme (gl)
  • Georgian: ლურსმული (lursmuli), სოლისებრი (solisebri)
  • German: keilschriftlich
  • Greek: σφηνοειδής (el) (sfinoeidís)
  • Hungarian: ékírásos (hu)
  • Italian: cuneiforme (it) m or f
  • Polish: klinowy (pl)
  • Romanian: cuneiform (ro) m or n
  • Russian: клинопи́сный (ru) (klinopísnyj)
  • Spanish: cuneiforme (es)
  • Swedish: kilskrift (sv)
  • Ukrainian: клинопи́сний (klynopýsnyj)

Noun

cuneiform (plural cuneiforms)

  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. (anatomy) A wedge-shaped bone, especially a cuneiform bone.

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Derived terms

Translations

  • Afrikaans: spykerskrif, wigskrif
  • Arabic: مِسْمَارِيَّة (mismāriyya)
  • Armenian: սեպագիր (hy) (sepagir), բեւեռագիր (hy) (beweṙagir)
  • Belarusian: клінапіс (klinapis)
  • Bengali: কিউনিফর্ম (kiuniphormo)
  • Bulgarian: клинопис m (klinopis)
  • Catalan: cuneïforme (ca) m
  • Chinese:
    • Cantonese: 楔形文字 (sit3 jing4 man4 zi6), 釘頭文字钉头文字 (ding1 tau4 man4 zi6, deng1 tau4 man4 zi6), 箭頭文字箭头文字 (zin3 tau4 man4 zi6), 楔形字 (sit3 jing4 zi6), 釘頭字钉头字 (ding1 tau4 zi6, deng1 tau4 zi6), 箭頭字箭头字 (zin3 tau4 zi6)
    • Mandarin: 楔形文字 (zh) (xiēxíng wénzì), 釘頭文字钉头文字 (dīngtóu wénzì), 箭頭文字箭头文字 (jiàntóu wénzì), 楔形字 (xiēxíngzì), 釘頭字钉头字 (dīngtóuzì), 箭頭字箭头字 (jiàntóuzì)
    • Min Nan: teng-á-jī
  • Czech: klínové písmo n
  • Danish: kileskrift c
  • Dutch: spijkerschrift (nl) n, wigschrift n
  • Esperanto: kojnoskribo
  • Finnish: nuolenpääkirjoitus (fi)
  • French: cunéiforme (fr) m
  • Galician: cuneiforme (gl)
  • Georgian: სოლისებრი დამწერლობა (solisebri damc̣erloba), ლურსმული დამწერლობა (lursmuli damc̣erloba)
  • German: Keilschrift (de) f
  • Greek: σφηνοειδής γραφή f (sfinoeidís grafí)
  • Hebrew: כְּתַב יְתֵדוֹת m (ktav yetedót)
  • Hindi: अंकन (hi) (aṅkan), क्यूनिफार्म (kyūniphārm), कोलाक्षर (hi) m (kolākṣar), कीलाक्षर m (kīlākṣar)
  • Hungarian: ékírás (hu)
  • Icelandic: fleygrúnir f pl, fleygletur n
  • Japanese: 楔形文字 (kusabigata moji)
  • Korean: 쐐기문자 (sswaegimunja)
  • Latvian: ķīļraksts (lv) m
  • Macedonian: клинесто писмо n (klinesto pismo)
  • Persian: میخی (fa) (mixi)
  • Polish: pismo klinowe n
  • Portuguese: cuneiforme (pt) m
  • Russian: кли́нопись (ru) f (klínopisʹ)
  • Serbo-Croatian: klinasto pismo n
  • Slovene: klinopis (sl) m
  • Spanish: escritura cuneiforme f
  • Swedish: kilskrift (sv) c
  • Turkish: çivi yazısı (tr)
  • Ukrainian: кли́нопис m (klýnopys)
  • Vietnamese: chữ hình nêm
  • Catalan: cuneïforme (ca) m
  • Finnish: kiilamainen luu (wedge-shaped bone in general); vaajaluu (cuneiform bone)
  • French: os cunéiforme (fr) m
  • Galician: cuneiforme (gl)
  • Greek: σφηνοειδής (el) f (sfinoeidís)
  • Macedonian: клинеста коска f (klinesta koska)
  • Portuguese: cuneiforme (pt) m
  • Russian: клинови́дная кость (ru) f (klinovídnaja kostʹ)
  • Spanish: (hueso) cuneiforme m
  • Swedish: kilben n

cuneiform - Romanian

Adjective

cuneiform m or n (feminine singular cuneiformă, masculine plural cuneiformi, feminine and neuter plural cuneiforme)

  1. cuneiform

Declension

singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/ accusative indefinite cuneiform cuneiformă cuneiformi cuneiforme
definite cuneiformul cuneiforma cuneiformii cuneiformele
genitive/ dative indefinite cuneiform cuneiforme cuneiformi cuneiforme
definite cuneiformului cuneiformei cuneiformilor cuneiformelor
Meaning and Definition of cuneiform
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