cuneiforme

From cuneo +‎ -forme.

• IPA^(key): /ku.nejˈfor.me/
• Rhymes: -orme
• Hyphenation: cu‧nei‧fór‧me

cuneiforme m or f by sense (plural cuneiformi)

1. cuneiform

• protocuneiforme

cuneiforme m (plural cuneiformi)

1. (anatomy) cuneiform, cuneiform bone
2. (writing) cuneiform

• osso cuneiforme

• cuneo

• fucineremo

cuneifōrme

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of cuneifōrmis

Learned borrowing from Latin cuneifōrmis (“cuneiform”).

• Hyphenation: cu‧nei‧for‧me

cuneiforme m or f (plural cuneiformes)

1. cuneiform; wedgelike
2. (not comparable) cuneiform (of the cuneiform script)

cuneiforme m (plural cuneiformes)

1. (anatomy) cuneiform bone
2. (uncountable) cuneiform script

• (cuneiform bone): osso
• (cuneiform script): escrita

• cunha
• cunho

• “cuneiforme”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cuneiforme”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

From Latin cuneus (“wedge”) + -forme.

• IPA^(key): /kuneiˈfoɾme/ [ku.nei̯ˈfoɾ.me]
• Rhymes: -oɾme
• Syllabification: cu‧nei‧for‧me

cuneiforme m or f (masculine and feminine plural cuneiformes)

1. cuneiform

cuneiforme m (plural cuneiformes)

1. cuneiform

• “cuneiforme”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025