unciform
Appearance
English
[edit]WOTD – 20 October 2012, 20 October 2013, 20 October 2014
Etymology
[edit]From Latin uncus (“hook”) + -form.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈʌnsɪfɔːm/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈʌnsɪfɔːɹm/
- Hyphenation: un‧ci‧form
Adjective
[edit]unciform (comparative more unciform, superlative most unciform)
- Of the shape of a hook; hook-shaped.
Translations
[edit]of the shape of a hook
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Noun
[edit]unciform (plural unciforms)
- The hamate bone.
Translations
[edit]hamate bone — see hamate bone
Anagrams
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French unciforme.
Adjective
[edit]unciform m or n (feminine singular unciformă, masculine plural unciformi, feminine and neuter plural unciforme)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
nominative- accusative |
indefinite | unciform | unciformă | unciformi | unciforme | |||
definite | unciformul | unciforma | unciformii | unciformele | ||||
genitive- dative |
indefinite | unciform | unciforme | unciformi | unciforme | |||
definite | unciformului | unciformei | unciformilor | unciformelor |
References
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- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms suffixed with -form
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English adjectives
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Bones
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
- Romanian terms derived from French
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian adjectives