Meaning

2 senses
  1. A book, single sheet, or image that was printed before the year 1501 in Europe.

    Inkunabel, Wiegendruck

    инкуна́булаinkunábula, инкуна́булinkunábul

    інкуна́булаinkunábula

  2. (in the plural)The cradle, birthplace, or origin of something.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
book, sheet or image:
Русский
By meaning 1
book, sheet or image:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
book, sheet or image:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin incūnābulum (“cradle, origin”).

Borrowed from Latin incūnābulum (“cradle, origin”).

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Forms

plural: incunabula
Singularincunabulum
Pluralincunabula

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Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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