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)
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/, /ˈʌn.ʃi.əl/, /ˈʌn.ʃəl/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Hyphenation: un‧ci‧al, un‧cial
Adjective
uncial (not comparable)
- 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[enry] 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)
- A style of writing using uncial letters.
- A letter in this style.
- A manuscript in this style.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “uncial”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ “uncial”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Adjective
uncial m or n (feminine singular uncială, masculine plural unciali, feminine and neuter plural unciale)
Declension
Declension of uncial
| 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) /unˈsjal/
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: un‧cial
Adjective
uncial m or f (masculine and feminine plural unciales)
Noun
uncial f (plural unciales)
Further reading
- “uncial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014