metamorfosis
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin metamorphōsis, from Ancient Greek μεταμόρφωσις (metamórphōsis), from μεταμορφόω (metamorphóō, “to transform, change, disguise”), from μετά (metá, “concerning change”) + μορφόω (morphóō, “to form”). The form displaced earlier loanword metamorfosa, borrowed from Dutch metamorfose.
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Noun edit
metamorfosis (plural metamorfosis-metamorfosis, first-person possessive metamorfosisku, second-person possessive metamorfosismu, third-person possessive metamorfosisnya)
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Synonyms edit
- (non-scientific): transfigurasi
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Further reading edit
- “metamorfosis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin metamorphōsis, from Ancient Greek μεταμόρφωσις (metamórphōsis), from μεταμορφόω (metamorphóō, “to transform, change, disguise”), from μετά (metá, “concerning change”) + μορφόω (morphóō, “to form”).
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Noun edit
metamorfosis f (plural metamorfosis)
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Further reading edit
- “metamorfosis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014