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cuneiform

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cu·ne·i·form  (kyn--fôrm, ky-n-)
adj.
1. Wedge-shaped.
2.
a. Being a character or characters formed by the arrangement of small wedge-shaped elements and used in ancient Sumerian, Akkadian, Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian writing.
b. Relating to, composed in, or using such characters.
3. Anatomy Of, relating to, or being a wedge-shaped bone or cartilage.
n.
1. Writing typified by the use of characters formed by the arrangement of small wedge-shaped elements.
2. Anatomy A wedge-shaped bone, especially one of three such bones in the tarsus of the foot.
[Latin cuneus, wedge + -form.]
cuneiform [ˈkjuːnɪˌfɔːm]
adj
1. Also cuneal wedge-shaped
2. (Linguistics / Letters of the Alphabet (Foreign)) of, relating to, or denoting the wedge-shaped characters employed in the writing of several ancient languages of Mesopotamia and Persia, esp Sumerian, Babylonian, etc.
3. (Linguistics / Letters of the Alphabet (Foreign)) of or relating to a tablet in which this script is employed
4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) of or relating to any of the three tarsal bones
n
1. (Linguistics / Letters of the Alphabet (Foreign)) cuneiform characters or writing
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) any one of the three tarsal bones
[probably from Old French cunéiforme, from Latin cuneus wedge]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cuneiform - an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia
script - a particular orthography or writing system
Babylonian - the ideographic and syllabic writing system in which the ancient Babylonian language was written
Adj.1.cuneiformcuneiform - shaped like a wedge                  
cuneal, wedge-shaped
2.cuneiform - of or relating to the tarsal bones (or other wedge-shaped bones)
anatomy, general anatomy - the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals
Translations
cuneiform [ˈkjuːnɪfɔːm] ADJ → cuneiforme
cuneiform
adj → keilförmig; characters, inscription → in Keilschrift; cuneiform writing → Keilschrift f
n → Keilschrift f
cuneiform [ˈkjuːnɪˌfɔːm] adj & n → cuneiforme (m)
cuneiform [ˈkjuːnɪˌfɔːm] adj & n → cuneiforme (m)


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