amorfo

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄμορφος (ámorphos). By surface analysis, a- +‎ -morfo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmɔr.fo/
• Rhymes: -ɔrfo
• Hyphenation: a‧mòr‧fo

Adjective

amorfo (feminine amorfa, masculine plural amorfi, feminine plural amorfe)

1. amorphous
2. (figurative) colourless/colorless
3. (psychology) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Noun

amorfo m (plural amorfi, feminine amorfa)

1. (psychology) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Further reading

• amorfo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• amorfo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• amorfo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• amòrfo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• amòrfo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latvian

Adjective

amorfo

1. inflection of amorfais:
   1. vocative/accusative/instrumental singular masculine/feminine
   2. genitive plural masculine/feminine

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄμορφος (ámorphos), from ᾰ̓- (a-, alpha privativum) +‎ μορφή (morphḗ, “shape, fashion, appearance”) +‎ -ος (-os). By surface analysis, a- +‎ -morfo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmɔʁ.fu/ [aˈmɔh.fu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmɔʁ.fu/ [aˈmɔh.fu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aˈmɔɾ.fu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈmɔʁ.fu/ [aˈmɔχ.fu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmɔɻ.fo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈmɔɾ.fu/

• Rhymes: -ɔɾfu
• Hyphenation: a‧mor‧fo

Adjective

amorfo (feminine amorfa, masculine plural amorfos, feminine plural amorfas)

1. amorphous (lacking a definite form or clear shape)
2. amorphous (being without definite character or nature)
3. (physics) amorphous (in the non-crystalline state of solid)

Further reading

• “amorfo” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “amorfo” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “amorfo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “amorfo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “amorfo” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “amorfo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄμορφος (ámorphos). By surface analysis, a- +‎ -morfo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmoɾfo/ [aˈmoɾ.fo]
• Rhymes: -oɾfo
• Syllabification: a‧mor‧fo

Adjective

amorfo (feminine amorfa, masculine plural amorfos, feminine plural amorfas)

1. amorphous

Related terms

• amorfia
• amorfismo

 

Further reading

• “amorfo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014