How to pronounce incunabula
American English pronunciation
in-kyoo-NAB-yuh-luh
- IPA
- /ˌɪnkjuˈnæbjələ/
- Syllables
- in · kyoo · NAB · yuh · luh (5 syllables, stress on the 3rd)
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What incunabula means
Books printed in the very earliest days of printing
In a sentence: The library keeps its incunabula in a cool, locked room because they are over five hundred years old.
Where it comes from: From a Latin word for swaddling clothes, so these are books from printing's babyhood.
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