-form
English
Etymology 1
From Latin -fōrmis (“having the form of”), from fōrma (“a form, contour, figure, shape, appearance, looks”).
Suffix
-form
- Having the shape or form of; looking like.
- vermiform (“shaped like a worm”)
Alternative forms
Derived terms
terms derived using -form “having the shape of”
- acariform
- aciform
- acinaciform
- aciniform
- acneform
- acneiform
- actiniform
- aculeiform
- adeniform
- aeriform
- agariciform
- agatiform
- aliform
- alphabetiform
- alveoliform
- ambulacriform
- amentiform
- amoebiform
- amphipodiform
- ampulliform
- anguiform
- anguilliform
- ansiform
- antenniform
- apoplectiform
- araneiform
- arboriform
- arciform
- asbestiform
- ascidiform
- aspergilliform
- atactiform
- auriform
- baculiform
- basaltiform
- bipenniform
- botuliform
- bulliform
- bursiform
- calceiform
- calculiform
- caliciform
- cambiform
- campaniform
- cheliform
- coliform
- cordiform
- coryneform
- cribriform
- cruciform
- cubiform
- cumuliform
- cuneiform
- dendriform
- dentiform
- disciform
- diversiform
- dolabriform
- electroform
- ensiform
- eruciform
- falciform
- filiform
- flagelliform
- fungiform
- fusiform
- gasiform
- lamelliform
- lotiform
- moniliform
- multiform
- mummiform
- napiform
- oviform
- papyriform
- patelliform
- pediform
- piliform
- pisciform
- pisiform
- plexiform
- pyriform
- racemiform
- ralliform
- ramiform
- reniform
- retiform
- rotiform
- salverform
- scalariform
- schizophreniform
- scutiform
- setiform
- spongiform
- squamiform
- stelliform
- stilliform
- stratiform
- styliform
- trapeziform
- unciform
- uniform
- variform
- vermiform
- villiform
Related terms
Translations
shaped — see shaped
Etymology 2
From formic, from Latin formica (“ant”).
Suffix
-form
- Related to formic acid in some way.