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cuneiform adjective

  /kjuˈneɪ.ɪ.fɔɹm/ , /kjuˈni.ə.fɔɹm/ , /kjʊˈneɪ.ɪ.fɔːm/ , /ˈkju.nɪ.fɔɹm/ , /ˈkjuː.ni.ɪ.fɔːm/ , /ˈkjuː.nɪ.fɔːm/
  • Having the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped, especially with a tapered end.
 клинови́дный, клинообра́зный
  • Written in the cuneiform writing system.
 клинопи́сный

cuneiform noun

  /kjuˈneɪ.ɪ.fɔɹm/ , /kjuˈni.ə.fɔɹm/ , /kjʊˈneɪ.ɪ.fɔːm/ , /ˈkju.nɪ.fɔɹm/ , /ˈkjuː.ni.ɪ.fɔːm/ , /ˈkjuː.nɪ.fɔːm/
  • 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.
 кли́нопись, клинопись
  • (anatomy) A wedge-shaped bone, especially a cuneiform bone.
 клинови́дная кость
cuneiform bone
клиновидные кости
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