multiforme

Catalan

Etymology

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

Adjective

multiforme m or f (masculine and feminine plural multiformes)

1. multiform

Further reading

• “multiforme”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

French

Etymology

From multi- +‎ -forme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /myl.ti.fɔʁm/

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Adjective

multiforme (plural multiformes)

1. multiform

Further reading

• “multiforme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

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 m or f by sense (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

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mel-der.

Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.

Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós?

Proto-Italic *moltos

Latin multus

Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.?

Latin fōrma

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.?

Proto-Italic *-is

Latin -is

Latin -fōrmis

Latin multiformisder.

Spanish multiforme

Derived from Latin multiformis. By surface analysis, multi- + -forme.

Adjective

multiforme m or f (masculine and feminine plural multiformes)

1. multiform

Further reading

• “multiforme”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026