Definitions for cuneiform
kyuˈni əˌfɔrm, ˈkyu ni ə-cu·nei·form

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cuneiformadjective

   an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia

2. wedge-shaped, cuneal, cuneiformadjective

   shaped like a wedge

3. cuneiformadjective

   of or relating to the tarsal bones (or other wedge-shaped bones)

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 3 votes

1. cuneiformnoun

   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. cuneiformnoun

   A wedge-shaped bone, especially a cuneiform bone.

3. cuneiformadjective

   Having the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped.

4. cuneiformadjective

   Written in the cuneiform writing system.

5. Etymology: From cunéiforme or cuneiformis, from Classical cuneus + -iform.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cuneiformadjective

   Having the form of a wedge.

   Etymology: from cuneus and forma, Latin.

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1. Cuneiform

   Cuneiform is a logo-syllabic script that was used to write several languages of the Ancient Middle East. The script was in active use from the early Bronze Age until the beginning of the Common Era. It is named for the characteristic wedge-shaped impressions (Latin: cuneus) which form its signs. Cuneiform was originally developed to write the Sumerian language of southern Mesopotamia (modern Iraq). Cuneiform is the earliest known writing system.Over the course of its history, cuneiform was adapted to write a number of languages in addition to Sumerian. Akkadian texts are attested from the 24th century BC onward and make up the bulk of the cuneiform record. Akkadian cuneiform was itself adapted to write the Hittite language in the early second millennium BC. The other languages with significant cuneiform corpora are Eblaite, Elamite, Hurrian, Luwian, and Urartian. The Old Persian and Ugaritic alphabets feature cuneiform-style signs; however, they are unrelated to the cuneiform logo-syllabary proper. The latest known cuneiform tablet dates to 75 AD. The script fell totally out of use soon after and was forgotten until its rediscovery and decipherment in the 19th century. The study of cuneiform belongs to the field of Assyriology. An estimated half a million tablets are held in museums across the world, but comparatively few of these are published. The largest collections belong to the British Museum (approx. 130,000 tablets), the Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin, the Louvre, the Istanbul Archaeology Museums, the National Museum of Iraq, the Yale Babylonian Collection (approx. 40,000 tablets), and Penn Museum.

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1. cuneiform

   Cuneiform is a system of writing that was first created by the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia around 3400-3200 BCE. The term "cuneiform" comes from the Latin word cuneus, meaning "wedge," due to the wedge-shaped marks made by the reed stylus used to inscribe this writing onto clay tablets. It is considered to be one of the earliest, if not the very first, forms of written language in human history.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cuneiformadjective

   alt. of Cuniform

2. Cuneiformnoun

   alt. of Cuniform

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1. Cuneiform

   There are three cuneiform bones in the human foot: ⁕the first or medial cuneiform ⁕the second or intermediate cuneiform ⁕the third or lateral cuneiform They are located between the navicular bone and the first, second and third metatarsal bones and are medial to the cuboid bone.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cuneiform

   The name of a form of bone.

   Cuneiform is a form of bone in the foot of a human being.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on December 26, 2020  

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cuneiform in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cuneiform in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of cuneiform in a Sentence

1. Middle Assyrian:

   I am curious next to see what the study of the cuneiform texts will reveal about the fate of the city and its inhabitants after the devastating earthquake.

2. Peter Pfälzner:

   It is close to a miracle that cuneiform tablets made of unfired clay survived so many decades under water.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=cuneiform
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cuneiform
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=cuneiform
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuneiform
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cuneiform
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=cuneiform
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=cuneiform