morph

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See also morph-, and -morph

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: mô(r)f, IPA: /mɔː(r)f/, X-SAMPA: /mO:(r)f/

  Rhymes: -ɔː(r)f

Etymology 1

Back-formation from morpheme.

Noun

morph (plural morphs)

1. (linguistics) A physical form representing some morpheme in language. It is a recurrent distinctive sound or sequence sounds.
2. (linguistics) An allomorph: one of a set of realizations that a morpheme can have in different contexts.
3. (biology) Local variety of a species, distinguishable from other populations of the species by morphology or behaviour.
4. A computer-generated gradual change from one image to another.

Etymology 2

Shortening of metamorphose: to change in shape or form.

Verb

morph (third-person singular simple present morphs, present participle morphing, simple past and past participle morphed)

1. (colloquial, transitive, intransitive) To change shape, from one form to another, through computer animation.
2. (colloquial) To undergo dramatic change in a seamless and barely noticeable fashion.

Related terms

• -sex
• morphic
• morpho-
• morphological