métamorphose
French
Etymology
From Latin metamorphosis (“change of shape”), from Ancient Greek μεταμόρφωσις (metamórphōsis), from μετά (metá, “change”) + μορφή (morphḗ, “form”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /me.ta.mɔʁ.foz/
Audio (Paris, France): (file) - Homophones: métamorphosent, métamorphoses
- Hyphenation: mé‧ta‧mor‧pho‧se
Noun
métamorphose f (plural métamorphoses)
Verb
métamorphose
- inflection of métamorphoser:
Further reading
- “métamorphose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.