adj
Meaning 1
Shaped like a wedge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cuneate, cuneiform, wedge-shaped, wedgy
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
wedgelike
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree English wedge Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English wedgelike From wedge + -like.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: клінападо́бны (klinapadóbny) — shaped like a wedge — see also cuneiform
- Bulgarian: клинообразен (klinoobrazen) — shaped like a wedge — see also cuneiform
- Catalan: cuneïforme — shaped like a wedge — see also cuneiform
- Finnish: kiilamainen — shaped like a wedge — see also cuneiform
- German: keilförmig — shaped like a wedge — see also cuneiform
- Greek: σφηνοειδής (sfinoeidís) — shaped like a wedge — see also cuneiform
- Macedonian: клинест (klinest) — shaped like a wedge — see also cuneiform
- Polish: klinowy — shaped like a wedge — see also cuneiform
- Polish: klinowaty — shaped like a wedge — see also cuneiform
- Russian: клинови́дный (klinovídnyj) — shaped like a wedge — see also cuneiform
- Russian: клинообра́зный (klinoobráznyj) — shaped like a wedge — see also cuneiform
- Ukrainian: клиноподі́бний (klynopodíbnyj) — shaped like a wedge — see also cuneiform