multiform

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *mel-der.

Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.

Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós?

Proto-Italic *moltos

Latin multus

Latin multīder.

Middle English multi-

English multi-

English form

English multiform

From multi- + form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmuʌltiˌfɔɹm/

Adjective

multiform (comparative more multiform, superlative most multiform)

1. Having more than one shape or appearance.

   Synonyms: polymorphic, polymorphous, protean; see also Thesaurus:multiform

   Hyponym: pleomorphic

   • 1912, Percy Adolphus Vaile, The Soul of Golf:

     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— […]

Derived terms

• multiformly
• multiformness

Translations

Translations

• Irish: ilchruthach
• Manx: yl-chrooagh
• Polish: wielopostaciowy (pl), polimorficzny (pl)
• Portuguese: multiforme
• Slovene: večobličen
• Spanish: multiforme, poliforme
• Telugu: విశ్వరూపము (te) (viśvarūpamu)

Noun

multiform (plural multiforms)

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

Romanian

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French multi-

French -forme

French multiformebor.

Romanian multiform

Borrowed from French multiforme.

Adjective

multiform m or n (feminine singular multiformă, masculine plural multiformi, feminine/neuter plural multiforme)

1. variform

Declension

Declension of multiform

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	multiform		multiformă	multiformi	multiforme
	definite	multiformul		multiforma	multiformii	multiformele
genitive- dative	indefinite	multiform		multiforme	multiformi	multiforme
	definite	multiformului		multiformei	multiformilor	multiformelor