cuneiform

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.4.2 Derived terms

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• cuniform

[edit] Etymology

From French cunéiforme or New Latin cuneiformis, from cuneus (“‘wedge’”).

[edit] Adjective

cuneiform (comparative more cuneiform, superlative most cuneiform)

1. Having the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
2. Written in cuneiform: cuneiform script, cuneiform writing.

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• wedgelike
• wedgy

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[edit] Noun

cuneiform (plural cuneiforms)

1. 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 clay tablets.
2. (anatomy) A wedge-shaped bone, especially a cuneiform bone.

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[edit] Derived terms

• cuneiformist