filiform

English

Etymology

Latin filum (“thread”), +‎ -iform.

Adjective

filiform (comparative more filiform, superlative most filiform)

1. Shaped like or resembling a thread or filament; filamentous.
2. Having all component parts or segments cylindrical and more or less uniform in size.

   Tiger beetles have filiform antennae.

Translations

resembling thread

• Finnish: jouhimainen
• Polish: nitkowaty (pl) m
• Portuguese: filiforme (pt) m or f

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French filiforme.

Adjective

filiform m or n (feminine singular filiformă, masculine plural filiformi, feminine and neuter plural filiforme)

1. filiform

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	filiform		filiformă		filiformi	filiforme
	definite	filiformul		filiforma		filiformii	filiformele
genitive- dative	indefinite	filiform		filiforme		filiformi	filiforme
	definite	filiformului		filiformei		filiformilor	filiformelor