multiforme

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Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin multifōrmis. By surface analysis, multi- +‎ -forme.

Adjective

multiforme m or f (masculine and feminine plural multiformes)

  1. multiform

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French

Etymology

From multi- +‎ -forme.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /myl.ti.fɔʁm/
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Adjective

multiforme (plural multiformes)

  1. multiform

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin multifōrmis, calque of Ancient Greek πολύμορφος (polúmorphos). By surface analysis, multi- (many”, “multi-, multiplying prefix) +‎ -forme (form”, “shape).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mul.tiˈfor.me/
  • Rhymes: -orme
  • Hyphenation: mul‧ti‧fór‧me

Adjective

multiforme (plural multiformi)

  1. multiform
  2. varied
  3. versatile
    • 2015, Daniele Luttazzi, “Bloom: Porno-Teo-Kolossal”, in Bloom: Porno-Teo-Kolossal, 1st edition (satirical parody; paperback), Il Fatto Quotidiano, A, page 7:
      Un uom dal multiforme ingegno vive, del mondo esperto, e delli vizi umani e del valore, rege d'Itaca pietrosa
      A man of multiform ingenuity lives, experienced of the world, and of human vices and virtue, king of rocky Ithaca.

Latin

Adjective

multifōrme

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of multifōrmis

Spanish

Adjective

multiforme m or f (masculine and feminine plural multiformes)

  1. multiform

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