multiform

English

Etymology

multi- + form

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmuʌltiˌfɔɹm/

Adjective

multiform (comparative more multiform, superlative most multiform)

  1. Having more than one shape or appearance.
    • 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— []

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Translations

Noun

multiform (plural multiforms)

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French multiforme.

Adjective

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

  1. variform

Declension

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