cuneiform

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈkjuː.nɪ.fɔːm/|/ˈkjuː.ni.ɪ.fɔːm/|/kjʊˈneɪ.ɪ.fɔːm/    美 /kjuˈni.ə.fɔɹm/|/ˈkju.nɪ.fɔɹm/|/kjuˈneɪ.ɪ.fɔɹm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  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 clayen tablets.
  2. A wedge-shaped bone, especially a cuneiform bone.
形容词 adj.
  1. Having the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped, especially with a tapered end. not-comparable
    — About midway across the larger log a cuneiform notch or cut about six inches deep was made.
  2. Written in the cuneiform writing system. not-comparable
    — There, too, it was originally the vulgar script in contrast with the official cuneiform script employed for all official documents, compacts, etc.

词形变化

cuniform alternative cuneiforms plural cuniform alternative

词汇关系

近义词
cuneal cuneiform bone precuneiform wedgelike wedge-shaped wedgy wedge-writing
衍生词
ectocuneiform entocuneiform intercuneiform mesocuneiform noncuneiform protocuneiform cuneiformist
相关词
Akkadian Accadian Old Persian Ugaritic

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
New Latin cuneus
Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.?
New Latin fōrma
New Latin -fōrmis
New Latin cuneifōrmisbor.
French cunéiformebor.
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New Latin cuneifōrmisbor.
English cuneiform
From French cunéiforme or New Latin cuneifōrmis, from Classical Latin cuneus (“wedge”) + fōrma.
词源 2
Etymology tree
New Latin cuneus
Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.?
New Latin fōrma
New Latin -fōrmis
New Latin cuneifōrmisbor.
French cunéiformebor.
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New Latin cuneifōrmisbor.
English cuneiform
From French cunéiforme or New Latin cuneifōrmis, from Classical Latin cuneus (“wedge”) + fōrma.
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