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cuneiform

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cuniform

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New Latin cuneus

Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.?

New Latin fōrma

New Latin -fōrmis

New Latin cuneifōrmisbor.

French cunéiformebor.

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New Latin cuneifōrmisbor.

English cuneiform

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From French Category:English terms borrowed from French#CUNEIFORM Category:English terms derived from French#CUNEIFORM cunéiforme or New Latin Category:English terms borrowed from New Latin#CUNEIFORM Category:English terms derived from New Latin#CUNEIFORM cuneifōrmis, from Classical Latin Category:English terms derived from Latin#CUNEIFORM cuneus (“wedge”) + fōrma.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkjuː.nɪ.fɔːm/, /ˈkjuː.ni.ɪ.fɔːm/, /kjʊˈneɪ.ɪ.fɔːm/Category:English 3-syllable words#CUNEIFORMCategory:English 4-syllable words#CUNEIFORMCategory:English 4-syllable words#CUNEIFORMCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#CUNEIFORM
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(General American) IPA^(key): /kjuˈni.ə.fɔɹm/, /ˈkju.nɪ.fɔɹm/, /kjuˈneɪ.ɪ.fɔɹm/Category:English 4-syllable words#CUNEIFORM Category:English 3-syllable words#CUNEIFORM Category:English 4-syllable words#CUNEIFORM Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#CUNEIFORM

Adjective

cuneiform (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#CUNEIFORM Category:English adjectives#CUNEIFORM Category:English uncomparable adjectives#CUNEIFORM Category:English entries with incorrect language header#CUNEIFORM Category:Pages with entries#CUNEIFORM Category:Pages with 2 entries#CUNEIFORM

Having the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped, especially with a tapered end.
- 1889, John Napoleon Brinton Hewitt, “New Fire Among the Iroquois”, in American Anthropologist, volume 2, page 319:
  About midway across the larger log a cuneiform notch or cut about six inches deep was made.
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- 1936, W. Frank Calderon, Animal Painting and Anatomy, page 297:
  The cuneiform tendon is always sharply defined when the hock is flexed by the action of the muscle.
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- 1952, Aileen Fox, Roman Exeter (Isca Dumnoniorum): Excavations in the War-damaged Areas, 1945-1947, page 69:
  The cuneiform leaf is not the characteristic heart-shaped early form (O. and P., p. 241).
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Written in the cuneiform writing system.
- 1911, Alvin Sylvester Zerbe, The Antiquity of Hebrew Writing and Literature, page 182:
  There, too, it was originally the vulgar script in contrast with the official cuneiform script employed for all official documents, compacts, etc.
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- 2000, Jöran Friberg, A Remarkable Collection of Babylonian Mathematical Texts, page ix:
  The text is inscribed on a clay tablet of a very unusual format. The only other known mathematical cuneiform text on a clay tablet of a similar format is also the only previously known Kassite (and therefore post-Old-Babylonian) mathematical cuneiform text.
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having the form of a wedge

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Afrikaans: wigvormigCategory:Terms with Afrikaans translations#CUNEIFORM
Belarusian: клінападо́бны (klinapadóbny)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#CUNEIFORM
Bulgarian: клинови́ден (klinovíden)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#CUNEIFORM
Catalan: cuneïforme (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#CUNEIFORM
Chinese:
Mandarin: 楔形文字 (zh) (xiēxíng wénzì)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#CUNEIFORM Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#CUNEIFORM
Dutch: wigvormig (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#CUNEIFORM
French: cunéiforme (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#CUNEIFORM
Galician: cuneiforme (gl)Category:Terms with Galician translations#CUNEIFORM
German: keilförmig (de)Category:Terms with German translations#CUNEIFORM
Greek: σφηνοειδής (el) (sfinoeidís)Category:Terms with Greek translations#CUNEIFORM
Hungarian: ék alakúCategory:Terms with Hungarian translations#CUNEIFORM
Icelandic: fleyglagaCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#CUNEIFORM
Irish: dingchruthachCategory:Terms with Irish translations#CUNEIFORM
Polish: klinowy (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#CUNEIFORM
Russian: клинови́дный (ru) (klinovídnyj)Category:Terms with Russian translations#CUNEIFORM, клинообра́зный (ru) (klinoobráznyj)Category:Terms with Russian translations#CUNEIFORM
Swedish: kilformad (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#CUNEIFORM, kilformigCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#CUNEIFORM
Ukrainian: клиноподі́бний (klynopodíbnyj)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#CUNEIFORM
Welsh: cynaiddCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#CUNEIFORM, cynffurfCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#CUNEIFORM

written in the cuneiform writing system

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Afrikaans: spykerskrifCategory:Terms with Afrikaans translations#CUNEIFORM, wigskrifCategory:Terms with Afrikaans translations#CUNEIFORM
Armenian: սեպագիր (hy) (sepagir)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#CUNEIFORM, բեւեռագիր (hy) (beweṙagir)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#CUNEIFORM
Belarusian: клінапі́сны (klinapísny)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#CUNEIFORM
Bulgarian: клинописен (klinopisen)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#CUNEIFORM
Catalan: cuneïforme (ca)Category:Terms with Catalan translations#CUNEIFORM
Dutch: spijkerschrift (nl) nCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#CUNEIFORM, wigschrift nCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#CUNEIFORM
French: cunéiforme (fr)Category:Terms with French translations#CUNEIFORM
Galician: cuneiforme (gl)Category:Terms with Galician translations#CUNEIFORM
Georgian: ლურსმული (lursmuli)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#CUNEIFORM, სოლისებრი (solisebri)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#CUNEIFORM
German: keilschriftlichCategory:Terms with German translations#CUNEIFORM
Greek: σφηνοειδής (el) (sfinoeidís)Category:Terms with Greek translations#CUNEIFORM
Hungarian: ékírásos (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#CUNEIFORM
Italian: cuneiforme (it) m or fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#CUNEIFORM
Persian: میخی (fa) (mixi)Category:Terms with Persian translations#CUNEIFORM
Polish: klinowy (pl)Category:Terms with Polish translations#CUNEIFORM
Romanian: cuneiform (ro) m or nCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#CUNEIFORM
Russian: клинопи́сный (ru) (klinopísnyj)Category:Terms with Russian translations#CUNEIFORM
Spanish: cuneiforme (es)Category:Terms with Spanish translations#CUNEIFORM
Swedish: kilskrift (sv)Category:Terms with Swedish translations#CUNEIFORM
Ukrainian: клинопи́сний (klynopýsnyj)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#CUNEIFORM

Noun

cuneiform (plural cuneiforms)Category:English lemmas#CUNEIFORM Category:English nouns#CUNEIFORM Category:English countable nouns#CUNEIFORM Category:English entries with incorrect language header#CUNEIFORM Category:Pages with entries#CUNEIFORM Category:Pages with 2 entries#CUNEIFORM

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.
(anatomy Category:en:Anatomy#CUNEIFORM) A wedge-shaped bone, especially a cuneiform bone.

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wedge-writing

Derived terms

cuneiformist

Translations

ancient writing system

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Afrikaans: spykerskrifCategory:Terms with Afrikaans translations#CUNEIFORM, wigskrifCategory:Terms with Afrikaans translations#CUNEIFORM
Arabic: مِسْمَارِيَّة (mismāriyya)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#CUNEIFORM
Armenian: սեպագիր (hy) (sepagir)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#CUNEIFORM, բևեռագիր (hy) (beweṙagir)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#CUNEIFORM
Belarusian: клінапіс (klinapis)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#CUNEIFORM
Bengali: কিউনিফর্ম (kiuniphormo)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#CUNEIFORM
Bulgarian: клинопи́с m (klinopís)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#CUNEIFORM
Catalan: cuneïforme (ca) mCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#CUNEIFORM
Chinese:
Cantonese: 楔形文字 (sit³ jing⁴ man⁴ zi⁶)Category:Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations#CUNEIFORM Category:Terms with Cantonese translations#CUNEIFORM, 釘頭文字 / 钉头文字 (ding¹ tau⁴ man⁴ zi⁶, deng¹ tau⁴ man⁴ zi⁶)Category:Terms with Cantonese translations#CUNEIFORM, 箭頭文字 / 箭头文字 (zin³ tau⁴ man⁴ zi⁶)Category:Terms with Cantonese translations#CUNEIFORM, 楔形字 (sit³ jing⁴ zi⁶)Category:Terms with Cantonese translations#CUNEIFORM, 釘頭字 / 钉头字 (ding¹ tau⁴ zi⁶, deng¹ tau⁴ zi⁶)Category:Terms with Cantonese translations#CUNEIFORM, 箭頭字 / 箭头字 (zin³ tau⁴ zi⁶)Category:Terms with Cantonese translations#CUNEIFORM

Hokkien: teng-á-jīCategory:Terms with Hokkien translations#CUNEIFORM

Mandarin: 楔形文字 (zh) (xiēxíng wénzì)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#CUNEIFORM Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#CUNEIFORM, 釘頭文字 / 钉头文字 (dīngtóu wénzì)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#CUNEIFORM, 箭頭文字 / 箭头文字 (jiàntóu wénzì)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#CUNEIFORM, 楔形字 (xiēxíngzì)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#CUNEIFORM, 釘頭字 / 钉头字 (dīngtóuzì)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#CUNEIFORM, 箭頭字 / 箭头字 (jiàntóuzì)Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#CUNEIFORM
Czech: klínové písmo nCategory:Terms with Czech translations#CUNEIFORM
Danish: kileskrift cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#CUNEIFORM
Dutch: spijkerschrift (nl) nCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#CUNEIFORM, wigschrift nCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#CUNEIFORM
Esperanto: kojnoskriboCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#CUNEIFORM
Finnish: nuolenpääkirjoitus (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#CUNEIFORM
French: cunéiforme (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#CUNEIFORM
Galician: cuneiforme (gl)Category:Terms with Galician translations#CUNEIFORM
Georgian: სოლისებრი დამწერლობა (solisebri damc̣erloba)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#CUNEIFORM, ლურსმული დამწერლობა (lursmuli damc̣erloba)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#CUNEIFORM
German: Keilschrift (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#CUNEIFORM
Greek: σφηνοειδής γραφή f (sfinoeidís grafí)Category:Terms with Greek translations#CUNEIFORM
Hebrew: כְּתַב יְתֵדוֹת m (ktav yetedót)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#CUNEIFORM
Hindi: अंकन (hi) (aṅkan)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#CUNEIFORM, क्यूनिफार्म (kyūniphārm)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#CUNEIFORM, कोलाक्षर (hi) m (kolākṣar)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#CUNEIFORM, कीलाक्षर m (kīlākṣar)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#CUNEIFORM
Hungarian: ékírás (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#CUNEIFORM
Icelandic: fleygrúnir f plCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#CUNEIFORM, fleygletur nCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#CUNEIFORM
Japanese: 楔形文字 (ja) (kusabigata moji)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#CUNEIFORM
Korean: 쐐기문자 (sswaegimunja)Category:Terms with Korean translations#CUNEIFORM, 설형문자(楔形文字) (ko) (seolhyeongmunja)Category:Terms with Korean translations#CUNEIFORM
Latvian: ķīļraksts (lv) mCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#CUNEIFORM
Lithuanian: danti̇̀raštis mCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#CUNEIFORM
Macedonian: клинесто писмо n (klinesto pismo)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#CUNEIFORM
Persian: میخی (fa) (mixi)Category:Terms with Persian translations#CUNEIFORM, خط میخی (fa) (xat-e mixi)Category:Terms with Persian translations#CUNEIFORM
Polish: pismo klinowe (pl) nCategory:Terms with Polish translations#CUNEIFORM
Portuguese: cuneiforme (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#CUNEIFORM
Russian: кли́нопись (ru) f (klínopisʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#CUNEIFORM
Serbo-Croatian: klinasto pismo nCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#CUNEIFORM
Slovene: klinopis (sl) mCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#CUNEIFORM
Spanish: escritura cuneiforme fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#CUNEIFORM
Swedish: kilskrift (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#CUNEIFORM
Telugu: కీలలిపి (kīlalipi)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#CUNEIFORM, బాణలిపి (bāṇalipi)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#CUNEIFORM, కోణలిపి (kōṇalipi)Category:Terms with Telugu translations#CUNEIFORM
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Turkish: çivi yazısı (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#CUNEIFORM
Ukrainian: кли́нопис m (klýnopys)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#CUNEIFORM
Vietnamese: chữ hình nêmCategory:Terms with Vietnamese translations#CUNEIFORM

wedge-shaped bone

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Bulgarian: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Bulgarian#CUNEIFORM
Catalan: cuneïforme (ca) mCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#CUNEIFORM
Finnish: kiilamainen luuCategory:Terms with Finnish translations#CUNEIFORM (wedge-shaped bone in general); vaajaluu (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#CUNEIFORM (cuneiform bone)
French: os cunéiforme (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#CUNEIFORM
Galician: cuneiforme (gl)Category:Terms with Galician translations#CUNEIFORM
Greek: σφηνοειδής (el) f (sfinoeidís)Category:Terms with Greek translations#CUNEIFORM
Macedonian: клинеста коска f (klinesta koska)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#CUNEIFORM
Portuguese: cuneiforme (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#CUNEIFORM
Russian: клинови́дная кость (ru) f (klinovídnaja kostʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#CUNEIFORM
Spanish: (hueso) cuneiforme mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#CUNEIFORM
Swedish: kilben nCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#CUNEIFORM

Romanian

Declension

Declension of *cuneiform*
		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	cuneiform		cuneiformă	cuneiformi	cuneiforme
nominative- accusative	definite	cuneiformul		cuneiforma	cuneiformii	cuneiformele
genitive- dative	indefinite	cuneiform		cuneiforme	cuneiformi	cuneiforme
genitive- dative	definite	cuneiformului		cuneiformei	cuneiformilor	cuneiformelor

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