incunabulum en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌɪn.kjʊˈnæb.jʊ.ləm/
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin incūnābulum (“cradle, origin”).
Meanings
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A book, single sheet, or image that was printed before the year 1501 in Europe.
Sebastian, a profound student of such lore, had long believed that the book was a mere medieval legend; and he had been startled as well as gratified when he found this copy on the shelves of a dealer in old manuscripts and incunabula.
August 1935, Clark Ashton Smith, “The Treader of the Dust”, in Weird Tales:Something about him reminded me of one of those figures from old-fashioned playing cards or the sort used by fortune-tellers, a print straight from the pages of an incunabulum: his presence was both funereal and incandescent, like a curse dressed in its Sunday best.
2004, Luisa Graves, The Shadow of the Wind, translation of original by Carlos Ruiz Zafón:
- (in-plural) The cradle, birthplace, or origin of something.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| incunabula | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
incunabular · incunable · incunabulist
Synonyms
Translations (46)
sv vaggtryck (book, sheet or image) · ka ინკუნაბულა (book, sheet or image) · ro incunabul (book, sheet or image) · es incunable (book, sheet or image) · de Wiegendruck (book, sheet or image) · uk інкуна́була (book, sheet or image) · ja インキュナブラ (book, sheet or image) · pt incunábulo (book, sheet or image) · et inkunaabel (book, sheet or image) · sv inkunabel (book, sheet or image) · is vögguprent (book, sheet or image) · it incunabulo (book, sheet or image) · nb inkunabel (book, sheet or image) · cy incwnabwlwm (book, sheet or image) · id inkunabula (book, sheet or image) · nn oldtrykk (book, sheet or image) · it incunabolo (book, sheet or image) · fi inkunaabeli (book, sheet or image) · cs prvotisk (book, sheet or image) · ca incunable (book, sheet or image) · ru инкуна́була (book, sheet or image) · af wiegdruk (book, sheet or image) · sk inkunábula (book, sheet or image) · nb oldtrykk (book, sheet or image) · mk инкуна́була (book, sheet or image) · fi kehtopainate (book, sheet or image) · nl wiegendruk (book, sheet or image) · ko 요람본 (book, sheet or image) · nl incunabel (book, sheet or image) · de Inkunabel (book, sheet or image) · fi kehto (origin) · fr incunable (book, sheet or image) · ru инкуна́бул (book, sheet or image) · cmn 古版書 /古版书 (book, sheet or image) · tr incunabulum (book, sheet or image) · et hälltrükised (book, sheet or image) · sl inkunabula (book, sheet or image) · af inkunabel (book, sheet or image) · da inkunabel (book, sheet or image) · sk prvotlač (book, sheet or image) · pl inkunabuł (book, sheet or image) · io inkunablo (book, sheet or image) · nn inkunabel (book, sheet or image) · el αρχέτυπο (book, sheet or image) · hu ősnyomtatvány (book, sheet or image) · cs inkunábule (book, sheet or image)