"incunabulum" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌɪn.kjʊˈnæb.jʊ.ləm/ Audio: en-us-incunabulum.ogg Forms: incunabula [plural]
Etymology: From Latin incūnābulum (“cradle, origin”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|incūnābulum||cradle, origin}} Latin incūnābulum (“cradle, origin”) Head templates: {{en-noun|incunabula}} incunabulum (plural incunabula)
  1. (printing) A book, single sheet, or image that was printed before the year 1501 in Europe. Categories (topical): Printing Translations (book, sheet or image): inkunabel (Afrikaans), wiegdruk (Afrikaans), інкуна́була (inkunábula) [feminine] (Belarusian), incunable [masculine] (Catalan), 古版書 (Chinese Mandarin), 古版书 (gǔbǎnshū) (Chinese Mandarin), inkunábule [feminine] (Czech), prvotisk [masculine] (Czech), inkunabel [common-gender] (Danish), wiegendruk [masculine] (Dutch), inkunaabel (Estonian), hälltrükised (Estonian), inkunaabeli (Finnish), kehtopainate (Finnish), incunable [masculine] (French), ინკუნაბულა (inḳunabula) (Georgian), Inkunabel [feminine] (German), Wiegendruck [masculine] (German), αρχέτυπο (archétypo) [neuter] (Greek), ősnyomtatvány (Hungarian), vögguprent (Icelandic), inkunablo (Ido), incunabolo [masculine] (Italian), incunabulo [masculine] (Italian), インキュナブラ (inkyunabura) (Japanese), 요람본 (yorambon) (Korean), инкуна́була (inkunábula) [feminine] (Macedonian), inkunabel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), oldtrykk [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), inkunabel [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), oldtrykk [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), inkunabuł [masculine] (Polish), incunábulo [masculine] (Portuguese), incunabul [neuter] (Romanian), инкуна́була (inkunábula) [feminine] (Russian), инкуна́бул (inkunábul) [masculine] (Russian), inkunábula [feminine] (Slovak), prvotlač [masculine] (Slovak), inkunabula [feminine] (Slovene), incunable [masculine] (Spanish), inkunabel [common-gender] (Swedish), vaggtryck [neuter] (Swedish), incunabulum (Turkish), інкуна́була (inkunábula) [feminine] (Ukrainian), incwnabwlwm (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-incunabulum-en-noun-gZFh3UQv Topics: media, printing, publishing Disambiguation of 'book, sheet or image': 100 0
  2. (chiefly in the plural) The cradle, birthplace, or origin of something. Tags: in-plural Translations (origin): kehto (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-incunabulum-en-noun-4~LOZzOr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkmen translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkmen translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of 'origin': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: incunable Related terms: incunabular, incunabulist

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        "(chiefly in the plural) The cradle, birthplace, or origin of something."
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        }
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    "Terms with Catalan translations",
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    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Ido translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Slovak translations",
    "Terms with Slovene translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Turkmen translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Welsh translations"
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          "ref": "August 1935, Clark Ashton Smith, “The Treader of the Dust”, in Weird Tales",
          "text": "Sebastian, a profound student of such lore, had long believed that the book was a mere medieval legend; and he had been startled as well as gratified when he found this copy on the shelves of a dealer in old manuscripts and incunabula.",
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          "ref": "2004, Luisa Graves, The Shadow of the Wind, translation of original by Carlos Ruiz Zafón",
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        "(chiefly in the plural) The cradle, birthplace, or origin of something."
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "book, sheet or image",
      "word": "inkunabel"
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      "word": "wiegdruk"
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      "sense": "book, sheet or image",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "incunable"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "book, sheet or image",
      "word": "古版書"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gǔbǎnshū",
      "sense": "book, sheet or image",
      "word": "古版书"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "book, sheet or image",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "book, sheet or image",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "inkunabel"
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      "sense": "book, sheet or image",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "wiegendruk"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "book, sheet or image",
      "word": "inkunaabel"
    },
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      "sense": "book, sheet or image",
      "word": "hälltrükised"
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      "sense": "book, sheet or image",
      "word": "inkunaabeli"
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      "sense": "book, sheet or image",
      "word": "kehtopainate"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "incunable"
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      "sense": "book, sheet or image",
      "word": "ინკუნაბულა"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Inkunabel"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Wiegendruck"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "book, sheet or image",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "αρχέτυπο"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "book, sheet or image",
      "word": "ősnyomtatvány"
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "book, sheet or image",
      "word": "vögguprent"
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      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "book, sheet or image",
      "word": "inkunablo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "book, sheet or image",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "incunabolo"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "book, sheet or image",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "book, sheet or image",
      "word": "インキュナブラ"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yorambon",
      "sense": "book, sheet or image",
      "word": "요람본"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "book, sheet or image",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "inkunabel"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "book, sheet or image",
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      "code": "nn",
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      "sense": "book, sheet or image",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "inkunabel"
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      "sense": "book, sheet or image",
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    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "book, sheet or image",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inkunabuł"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "book, sheet or image",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "incunábulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "book, sheet or image",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "incunabul"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "inkunábula",
      "sense": "book, sheet or image",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "инкуна́була"
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      "sense": "book, sheet or image",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "инкуна́бул"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "book, sheet or image",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inkunábula"
    },
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "book, sheet or image",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prvotlač"
    },
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "book, sheet or image",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inkunabula"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "book, sheet or image",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "inkunabel"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "book, sheet or image",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "vaggtryck"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "book, sheet or image",
      "word": "incunabulum"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "inkunábula",
      "sense": "book, sheet or image",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "інкуна́була"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "book, sheet or image",
      "word": "incwnabwlwm"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "origin",
      "word": "kehto"
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}

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