cuneiform

== English == === Alternative forms === cuniform === Etymology === From French cunéiforme or New Latin cuneifōrmis, from Classical Latin cuneus (“wedge”) + fōrma. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkjuː.nɪ.fɔːm/, /ˈkjuː.ni.ɪ.fɔːm/, /kjʊˈneɪ.ɪ.fɔːm/ (General American) IPA(key): /kjuˈni.ə.fɔɹm/, /ˈkju.nɪ.fɔɹm/, /kjuˈneɪ.ɪ.fɔɹm/ === Adjective === cuneiform (not comparable) Having the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped, especially with a tapered end. Written in the cuneiform writing system. ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === cuneiform (plural cuneiforms) 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) A wedge-shaped bone, especially a cuneiform bone. ==== Synonyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Akkadian, Accadian Old Persian Ugaritic == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French cunéiforme. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ku.nei̯ˈform/ === Adjective === cuneiform m or n (feminine singular cuneiformă, masculine plural cuneiformi, feminine/neuter plural cuneiforme) cuneiform ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “cuneiform”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026