OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 25130

cuneiform

/ˈkjuː.nɪ.fɔːm/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
escritura cuneiforme
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.
(hueso) cuneiforme
A wedge-shaped bone, especially a cuneiform bone.
Phrases
Word forms