multiforme
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
multiforme (plural multiformes)
Further reading edit
- “multiforme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin multifōrmis, calque of Ancient Greek πολύμορφος (polúmorphos). By surface analysis, multi- (“many”, “multi-”, multiplying prefix) + -forme (“form”, “shape”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
multiforme (plural multiformi)
- multiform
- varied
- versatile
- 2015, Daniele Luttazzi, “Bloom: Porno-Teo-Kolossal”, in Bloom: Porno-Teo-Kolossal, 1st edition (satirical parody; paperback), 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.
Latin edit
Adjective edit
multifōrme
Spanish edit
Adjective edit
multiforme m or f (masculine and feminine plural multiformes)
Further reading edit
- “multiforme”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014