polimorfo

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πολύμορφος (polúmorphos). By surface analysis, poli- +‎ -morfo.

Adjective

polimorfo (feminine polimorfa, masculine plural polimorfi, feminine plural polimorfe)

1. polymorphic

Related terms

• polimorfia
• polimorfico
• polimorfismo

 

Noun

polimorfo m (plural polimorfi)

1. (chemistry, geology, mineralogy) polymorph

Further reading

• polimorfo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• polimorfo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• polimòrfo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• polimòrfo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.liˈmɔʁ.fu/ [po.liˈmɔh.fu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.liˈmɔʁ.fu/ [po.liˈmɔh.fu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /po.liˈmɔɾ.fu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /po.liˈmɔʁ.fu/ [po.liˈmɔχ.fu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.liˈmɔɻ.fo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɔ.liˈmɔɾ.fu/

• Rhymes: -ɔʁfu, -ɔɾfu
• Hyphenation: po‧li‧mor‧fo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πολύμορφος (polúmorphos). By surface analysis, poli- +‎ -morfo.

Adjective

polimorfo (feminine polimorfa, masculine plural polimorfos, feminine plural polimorfas)

1. polymorphous (having a variety of forms or styles)
2. (biology) polymorphous (having, or occurring in, several distinct forms)

   Synonym: polimórfico

Noun

polimorfo m (plural polimorfos)

1. (chemistry, geology, mineralogy) polymorph

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

polimorfo

1. first-person singular present indicative of polimorfar (“to shapeshift (fantasy)”)

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πολύμορφος (polúmorphos). By surface analysis, poli- +‎ -morfo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poliˈmoɾfo/ [po.liˈmoɾ.fo]
• Rhymes: -oɾfo
• Syllabification: po‧li‧mor‧fo

Noun

polimorfo m (plural polimorfos)

1. (mineralogy) polymorph

Adjective

polimorfo (feminine polimorfa, masculine plural polimorfos, feminine plural polimorfas)

1. polymorphous

Further reading

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