INCUNABULUM


Meaning of INCUNABULUM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌin-kyə-ˈna-byə-ləm, ˌiŋ- ]

noun

( plural in·cu·nab·u·la -lə)

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin incunabula, plural, bands holding the baby in a cradle, from in- + cunae cradle

Date: 1849

1. : a book printed before 1501

2. : a work of art or of industry of an early period

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.