cuneiforme
Portuguese, noun/ku.nejˈfɔʁ.mi/
cuneiforme is spelled C-U-N-E-I-F-O-R-M-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 84,550th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cuneiforme is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cuneiform bone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “caracteres cuneiformes, usados pelos sumérios, assírios e babilônicos, medas e persas”.
What does cuneiforme mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinecuneiform; wedgelike
- 2
femininemasculinecuneiform (of the cuneiform script)
noun
- 1
masculinecuneiform bone
- 2
masculinecuneiform script
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem forma de cunha.
noun: 1. caracteres cuneiformes, usados pelos sumérios, assírios e babilônicos, medas e persas.
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cuneiforme
- cuneiformes plural
- cu.nei.for.me canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cuneiforme?
- Brazil /ku.nejˈfɔʁ.mi/
- Brazil [ku.neɪ̯ˈfɔɦ.mi]
- /ku.nejˈfɔɾ.mi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cuneiforme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cuneiforme in Portuguese?
cuneiforme appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).