Cuneiform
11cuneiform — meaning ‘ancient wedge shaped writing’, is now normally pronounced as three syllables in BrE, i.e. kyoo ni fawm, and as four in AmE, i.e. kyoo nay i fawm …
12cuneiform — /kyooh nee euh fawrm , kyooh nee euh /, adj. 1. having the form of a wedge; wedge shaped. 2. composed of slim triangular or wedge shaped elements, as the characters used in writing by the ancient Akkadians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, and… …
13cuneiform — An early form of writing developed by the Sumerians perhaps between 3500 and 3000 B.C. The earliest examples were discovered in the ruins of the city of Uruk. Whether or not it originated there, after its introduction cuneiform writing rapidly …
14cuneiform — I. adjective Etymology: probably from French cunéiforme, from Middle French, from Latin cuneus + Middle French iforme iform Date: 1677 1. having the shape of a wedge 2. composed of or written in wedge shaped characters < cuneiform syllabary > II …
15cuneiform — 1. adjective /kjuˈni.ə.fɔɹm/ a) Having the form of a wedge; wedge shaped. b) Written in cuneiform: cuneiform script, cuneiform writing. Syn: wedgelike, wedgy 2 …
16CUNEIFORM — A system of writing in which a cut reed stylus is pressed into soft clay to leave a wedgelike imprint (Latin cuneus). It was invented in Mesopotamia in the late fourth millennium B.C. Different versions of cuneiform writing were used to write… …
17cuneiform — Wedge shaped. See intermediate c. (bone), lateral c. (bone), medial c. (bone). * * * cu·ne·i·form kyu̇ nē ə .fȯrm, kyü n(ē )ə adj 1) of, relating to, or being a cuneiform bone or cartilage 2) of a human skull wedge shaped as viewed from above… …
18cuneiform — cu|ne|i|form1 [ kjunı,fɔrm ] adjective LINGUISTICS relating to a writing system used in ancient times in the Middle East. The letters are shaped like long thin WEDGES (=wide at one end and narrow at the other). cuneiform cu|ne|i|form 2 [… …
19cuneiform — cu•ne•i•form [[t]kyuˈni əˌfɔrm, ˈkyu ni ə [/t]] adj. 1) having the form of a wedge; wedge shaped 2) ling. composed of slim triangular or wedge shaped elements, as the characters used in writing by the ancient Akkadians, Assyrians, Babylonians,… …
20cuneiform — /ˈkjunəfɔm / (say kyoohnuhfawm) adjective 1. having the form of a wedge; wedge shaped, as the characters used in writing in ancient Persia, Assyria, etc. 2. denoting or relating to this kind of writing. 3. Anatomy denoting or relating to any of… …
