incunabulum

== English == === Etymology === From Latin incūnābulum (“cradle, origin”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɪn.kjʊˈnæb.jʊ.ləm/ === Noun === incunabulum (plural incunabula) (printing) A book, single sheet, or image that was printed before the year 1501 in Europe. Alternative form: incunable Synonym: fifteener (informal) (chiefly in the plural) The cradle, birthplace, or origin of something. ==== Related terms ==== incunabular incunabulist ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === incunable on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Michael Quinion (1996–2026), “Incunabulum”, in World Wide Words. Incunabula Collections, The British Library == Latin == === Pronunciation === (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iŋ.kuˈnaː.bu.lum] === Noun === incūnābulum n (genitive incūnābulī); second declension (Medieval Latin) alternative form of incūnābula ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter).