different between cuneiform vs ideogram

English

Alternative forms

• cuniform

Etymology

From French cunéiforme or New Latin cuneif?rmis, from Classical Latin cuneus (“wedge”) + f?rma.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kju?.n?.f??m/, /?kju?.ni.?.f??m/, /kj??ne?.?.f??m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kju??ni.?.f??m/

Adjective

cuneiform (not comparable)

1. Having the form of a wedge; wedge-shaped, especially with a tapered end.
2. Written in the cuneiform writing system.

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Noun

cuneiform (plural cuneiforms)

1. 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.
2. (anatomy) A wedge-shaped bone, especially a cuneiform bone.

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See also

• Akkadian, Accadian
• Old Persian
• Ugaritic

Romanian

Etymology

From French cunéiforme

Adjective

cuneiform m or n (feminine singular cuneiform?, masculine plural cuneiformi, feminine and neuter plural cuneiforme)

1. cuneiform

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• ideogramme (rare)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??d.i.?.??æm/, /?a?.di.?.??æm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??d.i.o?.??æm/, /??d.i.?.??æm/

Etymology

ideo- +? -gram

Noun

ideogram (plural ideograms)

1. A picture or symbol which represents the idea of something without indicating the sequence of sounds used to pronounce it. Examples include digits, traffic signs, and graphic symbols such as @.

Synonyms

• (symbol): ideograph

Derived terms

• ideogrammatic
• ideogrammatically

Related terms

• logogram
• pictogram

Translations

Polish

Etymology

From idea +? -o- +? -gram.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.d???.?ram/

Noun

ideogram m inan

1. (linguistics) ideogram

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) ideogramowy

Further reading

• ideogram in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ide??ram/
• Hyphenation: i?de?o?gram

Noun

ideògram m (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)

1. ideogram

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