métamorphose
French edit
Etymology edit
From Latin metamorphosis (“change of shape”), from Ancient Greek μεταμόρφωσις (metamórphōsis), from μετά (metá, “change”) + μορφή (morphḗ, “form”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /me.ta.mɔʁ.foz/
Audio (Paris, France) (file) - Homophones: métamorphosent, métamorphoses
- Hyphenation: mé‧ta‧mor‧pho‧se
Noun edit
métamorphose f (plural métamorphoses)
Verb edit
métamorphose
- inflection of métamorphoser:
Further reading edit
- “métamorphose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.