uncial

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English

Etymology 1

Attested 1650, from Latin uncia (“a twelfth part, ounce, inch”).

Adjective

uncial (comparative more uncial, superlative most uncial)

  1. (rare) Of or relating to an ounce, or an inch, especially to letters printed an inch high.

Etymology 2

Attested 1712, from Late Latin unciales (“uncials”), unciales litterae (“uncial letters”) (Jerome), plural of uncialis (“pertaining to one twelfth part, ounce, or inch”), from uncia (“one twelfth part, ounce, inch”). The literal meaning is unclear: some references indicate "inch-high letters", but see “Uncial script” in Wikipedia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʌn.si.əl/,[1] /ˈʌn.ʃi.əl/, /ˈʌn.ʃəl/[1][2]
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Hyphenation: un‧ci‧al, un‧cial

Adjective

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Wikipedia

uncial (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to a majuscule style of writing with unjoined, rounded letters, originally used in the 4th–9th centuries.
    • 1886 October – 1887 January, H Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
      This, also written in black letter, we found inscribed on a second parchment that was in the coffer, apparently somewhat older in date than that on which was inscribed the mediæval Latin translation of the uncial Greek of which I shall speak presently.
Translations

Noun

uncial (plural uncials)

  1. A style of writing using uncial letters.
  2. A letter in this style.
  3. A manuscript in this style.
Translations

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “uncial”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  2. ^ “uncial”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin uncialis.

Adjective

uncial m or n (feminine singular uncială, masculine plural unciali, feminine and neuter plural unciale)

  1. uncial

Declension

singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite uncial uncială unciali unciale
definite uncialul unciala uncialii uncialele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite uncial unciale unciali unciale
definite uncialului uncialei uncialilor uncialelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /unˈθjal/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /unˈsjal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: un‧cial

Adjective

uncial m or f (masculine and feminine plural unciales)

  1. uncial

Noun

uncial f (plural unciales)

  1. uncial

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