Definitions for cuneiformkyuˈni əˌfɔrm, ˈkyu ni ə-
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
cu•ne•i•formkyuˈni əˌfɔrm, ˈkyu ni ə-(adj.)
having the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
composed of slim triangular or wedge-shaped elements, as the characters used in writing by the ancient Akkadians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, and others.
Category: Language/Linguistics
written in cuneiform characters.
Category: Language/Linguistics
of or pertaining to any wedge-shaped bone, as certain tarsal bones.
Category: Anatomy
(n.)cuneiform characters or writing.
Category: Language/Linguistics
Origin of cuneiform:
1670–80; < L cune(us) a wedge + -i - + -form
Princeton's WordNet
cuneiform(adj)
an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia
wedge-shaped, cuneal, cuneiform(adj)
shaped like a wedge
cuneiform(adj)
of or relating to the tarsal bones (or other wedge-shaped bones)
Wiktionary
cuneiform(Noun)
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.
cuneiform(Noun)
A wedge-shaped bone, especially a cuneiform bone.
cuneiform(Adjective)
Having the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
cuneiform(Adjective)
Written in the cuneiform writing system.
Origin: From cunéiforme or cuneiformis, from Classical cuneus + -iform.
Webster Dictionary
Cuneiform(adj)
alt. of Cuniform
Cuneiform(noun)
alt. of Cuniform
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