The cuneiform alphabet invented by the Sumerians was used by many languages in the ancient Near East.
Source: tatoeba (2693893)
Cuneiform
//ˈkjuː.nɪ.fɔːm//
Synonyms for "cuneiform" (46 found)
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118 translations across 44 languages.
Afrikaans
4 entries- spykerskrif adj (written in the cuneiform writing system)
- wigskrif adj (written in the cuneiform writing system)
- wigvormig adj (having the form of a wedge)
- spykerskrif noun (ancient writing system)
Arabic
1 entries- مِسْمَارِيَّة noun (ancient writing system)
Armenian
4 entries- բեւեռագիր adj (written in the cuneiform writing system)
- սեպագիր adj (written in the cuneiform writing system)
- բևեռագիր noun (ancient writing system)
- սեպագիր noun (ancient writing system)
Belarusian
3 entries- клінападо́бны adj (having the form of a wedge)
- клінапі́сны adj (written in the cuneiform writing system)
- клінапіс noun (ancient writing system)
Bengali
1 entries- কিউনিফর্ম noun (ancient writing system)
Bulgarian
3 entries- клинови́ден adj (having the form of a wedge)
- клинописен adj (written in the cuneiform writing system)
- клинопи́с noun (ancient writing system)
Catalan
4 entries- cuneïforme adj (having the form of a wedge)
- cuneïforme adj (written in the cuneiform writing system)
- cuneïforme noun (ancient writing system)
- cuneïforme noun (wedge-shaped bone)
Chinese
1 entries- teng-á-jī noun (ancient writing system)
Chinese Cantonese
4 entries- 楔形字 noun (ancient writing system)
- 楔形文字 noun (ancient writing system)
- 箭頭字 /箭头字 noun (ancient writing system)
- 箭頭文字 /箭头文字 noun (ancient writing system)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 楔形文字 adj (having the form of a wedge)
- 楔形字 noun (ancient writing system)
- 楔形文字 noun (ancient writing system)
- 箭頭字 /箭头字 noun (ancient writing system)
Czech
1 entries- klínové písmo noun (ancient writing system)
Danish
1 entries- kileskrift noun (ancient writing system)
Dutch
4 entries- spijkerschrift adj (written in the cuneiform writing system)
- wigschrift adj (written in the cuneiform writing system)
- wigvormig adj (having the form of a wedge)
- spijkerschrift noun (ancient writing system)
Esperanto
1 entries- kojnoskribo noun (ancient writing system)
Finnish
3 entries- kiilamainen luu noun (wedge-shaped bone)
- nuolenpääkirjoitus noun (ancient writing system)
- vaajaluu noun (wedge-shaped bone)
French
4 entries- cunéiforme adj (having the form of a wedge)
- cunéiforme adj (written in the cuneiform writing system)
- cunéiforme noun (ancient writing system)
- os cunéiforme noun (wedge-shaped bone)
Galician
4 entries- cuneiforme adj (having the form of a wedge)
- cuneiforme adj (written in the cuneiform writing system)
- cuneiforme noun (ancient writing system)
- cuneiforme noun (wedge-shaped bone)
Georgian
4 entries- ლურსმული adj (written in the cuneiform writing system)
- სოლისებრი adj (written in the cuneiform writing system)
- ლურსმული დამწერლობა noun (ancient writing system)
- სოლისებრი დამწერლობა noun (ancient writing system)
German
3 entries- keilförmig adj (having the form of a wedge)
- keilschriftlich adj (written in the cuneiform writing system)
- Keilschrift noun (ancient writing system)
Greek
4 entries- σφηνοειδής adj (having the form of a wedge)
- σφηνοειδής adj (written in the cuneiform writing system)
- σφηνοειδής noun (wedge-shaped bone)
- σφηνοειδής γραφή noun (ancient writing system)
Hebrew
1 entries- כְּתַב יְתֵדוֹת noun (ancient writing system)
Hindi
4 entries- अंकन noun (ancient writing system)
- कीलाक्षर noun (ancient writing system)
- कोलाक्षर noun (ancient writing system)
- क्यूनिफार्म noun (ancient writing system)
Hungarian
3 entries- ék alakú adj (having the form of a wedge)
- ékírásos adj (written in the cuneiform writing system)
- ékírás noun (ancient writing system)
Icelandic
3 entries- fleyglaga adj (having the form of a wedge)
- fleygletur noun (ancient writing system)
- fleygrúnir noun (ancient writing system)
Irish
1 entries- dingchruthach adj (having the form of a wedge)
Italian
1 entries- cuneiforme adj (written in the cuneiform writing system)
Japanese
1 entries- 楔形文字 noun (ancient writing system)
Korean
2 entries- 설형문자 noun (ancient writing system)
- 쐐기문자 noun (ancient writing system)
Latvian
1 entries- ķīļraksts noun (ancient writing system)
Macedonian
2 entries- клинеста коска noun (wedge-shaped bone)
- клинесто писмо noun (ancient writing system)
Persian
3 entries- میخی adj (written in the cuneiform writing system)
- خط میخی noun (ancient writing system)
- میخی noun (ancient writing system)
Polish
3 entries- klinowy adj (having the form of a wedge)
- klinowy adj (written in the cuneiform writing system)
- pismo klinowe noun (ancient writing system)
Portuguese
2 entries- cuneiforme noun (ancient writing system)
- cuneiforme noun (wedge-shaped bone)
Romanian
1 entries- cuneiform adj (written in the cuneiform writing system)
Russian
4 entries- клинови́дный adj (having the form of a wedge)
- клинообра́зный adj (having the form of a wedge)
- клинопи́сный adj (written in the cuneiform writing system)
- кли́нопись noun (ancient writing system)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- klinasto pismo noun (ancient writing system)
Slovene
1 entries- klinopis noun (ancient writing system)
Spanish
3 entries- cuneiforme adj (written in the cuneiform writing system)
- (hueso) cuneiforme noun (wedge-shaped bone)
- escritura cuneiforme noun (ancient writing system)
Swedish
4 entries- kilformad adj (having the form of a wedge)
- kilformig adj (having the form of a wedge)
- kilskrift adj (written in the cuneiform writing system)
- kilben noun (wedge-shaped bone)
Telugu
3 entries- కీలలిపి noun (ancient writing system)
- కోణలిపి noun (ancient writing system)
- బాణలిపి noun (ancient writing system)
Turkish
1 entries- çivi yazısı noun (ancient writing system)
Ukrainian
3 entries- клинопи́сний adj (written in the cuneiform writing system)
- клиноподі́бний adj (having the form of a wedge)
- кли́нопис noun (ancient writing system)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chữ hình nêm noun (ancient writing system)
Welsh
2 entries- cynaidd adj (having the form of a wedge)
- cynffurf adj (having the form of a wedge)
Sample sentences
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The cuneiform script was used for more than 22 centuries.
Source: tatoeba (2693898)
It is in the cuneiform records of Babylonia that we catch the first glimpse of the early history of Canaan.
Source: tatoeba (11626388)
About midway across the larger log a cuneiform notch or cut about six inches deep was made.
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