unciform

English

Etymology

From Latin uncus (“hook”) +‎ -form.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʌnsɪfɔːm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈʌnsɪfɔːɹm/
• Hyphenation: un‧ci‧form

Adjective

unciform (comparative more unciform, superlative most unciform)

1. Of the shape of a hook; hook-shaped.

Translations

of the shape of a hook

• Armenian: կեռաձև (hy) (keṙajew), կարթաձև (hy) (kartʻajew), կարթավոր (hy) (kartʻavor)
• Dutch: haakvormig (nl)
• Finnish: koukun muotoinen, koukkumainen
• German: hakenförmig
• Macedonian: кукест m (kukest)
• Russian: крючковидный (ru) (krjučkovidnyj), крючкообразный (ru) (krjučkoobraznyj), крючковатый (ru) (krjučkovatyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: кукаст m, kukast (sh) m
• Spanish: unciforme m or f
• Swedish: krokformad
• Ukrainian: гачкоподі́бний (hačkopodíbnyj), гачкува́тий (hačkuvátyj)

Noun

unciform (plural unciforms)

1. The hamate bone.

Translations

hamate bone — see hamate bone

Anagrams

• cuniform, nuciform

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French unciforme.

Adjective

unciform m or n (feminine singular unciformă, masculine plural unciformi, feminine and neuter plural unciforme)

1. unciform

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	unciform		unciformă		unciformi	unciforme
	definite	unciformul		unciforma		unciformii	unciformele
genitive- dative	indefinite	unciform		unciforme		unciformi	unciforme
	definite	unciformului		unciformei		unciformilor	unciformelor

References

• unciform in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN