in·cu·nab·u·lum
( n ky -n b y-lm, ng-)
n. pl. in·cu·nab·u·la (-l
)
1. A book printed before 1501; an
incunable.
2. An artifact of an early
period. [New Latin inc
 n bulum, from sing. of Latin
incnbula, swaddling
clothes, cradle : in-, in; see
in-2 + cnbula, cradle, infancy (from
cnae,
cradle; see kei-1 in Indo-European
roots).]in cu·nabu·lar (-lr)
adj. |
incunabula [ˌɪnkjʊˈnæbjʊlə]
pl n sing, -lum [-ləm]
1. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography
& Bookbinding) any book printed before 1500
2. the infancy or earliest stages of something;
beginnings
[from Latin, originally: swaddling clothes, hence
beginnings, from in-2 + cūnābula
cradle]
incunabular adj
Translations
incunabula
pl → Inkunabeln
pl, → Wiegendrucke pl
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