multiforme
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /myl.ti.fɔʁm/
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Italian
Etymology
From Latin multifōrmis, calque of Ancient Greek πολύμορφος (polúmorphos).
Surface analysis: multi- (“many”, “multi-”, multiplying prefix) + -forme (“form”, “shape”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mul.tiˈfor.me/, [mul̺t̪iˈfor̺me]
- Rhymes: -orme
- Stress: multifórme
- Hyphenation: mul‧ti‧for‧me
Adjective
multiforme (masculine and feminine plural multiformi)
- multiform
- varied
- versatile
- 2015, Daniele Luttazzi, “Bloom: Porno-Teo-Kolossal”, in Bloom: Porno-Teo-Kolossal (satirical parody, paperback), 1st edition, 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.
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Latin
Adjective
multifōrme
- nominative neuter singular of multifōrmis
- accusative neuter singular of multifōrmis
- vocative neuter singular of multifōrmis
Spanish
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