multiform

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English

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Etymology

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From multi- +‎ form.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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multiform (comparative more multiform, superlative most multiform)

  1. Having more than one shape or appearance.
    Synonyms: polymorphic, polymorphous, protean; see also Thesaurus:multiform
    Hyponym: pleomorphic
    • 1912, Percy Adolphus Vaile, The Soul of Golf:
      And yet such is the constitution of the human golfing soul that it not only fails to achieve it, but invents for itself multiform and manifold ifs and ans for not achieving it— []

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Noun

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multiform (plural multiforms)

  1. An organism, folktale, etc. that appears in more than one form.

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French multiforme.

Adjective

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multiform m or n (feminine singular multiformă, masculine plural multiformi, feminine and neuter plural multiforme)

  1. variform

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