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multiform en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmuʌltiˌfɔɹm/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English form English multiform From multi- + form.

Meanings

  1. Having more than one shape or appearance.
    • And yet such is the constitution of the human golfing soul that it not only fails to achieve it, but invents for itself multiform and manifold ifs and ans for not achieving it— […] 1912, Percy Adolphus Vaile, The Soul of Golf:

Forms

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most multiform Degree=Sup lexicographic
more multiform Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

monoform · monic · uniform · monomorphous · monomorphic

Deriveds

multiformly · multiformness

Hyponyms

omniform · shapeshifting

Relateds

shape-shifter

Synonyms

pluriform · protean · chameleonlike · diverse · polymorphic · chameleon · variform · polymorphous · multiform · polymorphous · protean · polymorphic · chameleonic · multiversant

Translations (9)

ga ilchruthach (Translations) · gv yl-chrooagh (Translations) · es poliforme (Translations) · es multiforme (Translations) · pt multiforme (Translations) · sl večobličen (Translations) · pl wielopostaciowy (Translations) · pl polimorficzny (Translations) · te విశ్వరూపము (Translations)

multiform en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈmuʌltiˌfɔɹm/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English form English multiform From multi- + form.

Meanings

  1. An organism, folktale, etc. that appears in more than one form.

Forms

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multiforms Number=Plur lexicographic