deforme

See also: déformé, déforme, and deformé

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēfōrmis (“deformed, ugly”).

Adjective

deforme m or f (masculine and feminine plural deformes)

1. deformed

Related terms

• deformar
• deformitat

Further reading

• “deforme”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “deforme”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “deforme” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “deforme”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dēfōrmis (“deformed, ugly”).

Adjective

deforme m or f (plural deformes)

1. deformed

Related terms

• deformar
• deformidade

Further reading

• “deforme”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēfōrmis (“deformed, ugly”), from dē + fōrma (“shape, form”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈfor.me/
• Rhymes: -orme
• Hyphenation: de‧fór‧me

Adjective

deforme m or f by sense (plural deformi)

1. deformed
2. misshapen
3. hideous (because of ugliness)

Derived terms

• deformemente

Related terms

• deformare
• deformità

Further reading

• deforme in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Adjective

dēfōrme

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of dēfōrmis

Portuguese

Verb

deforme

1. inflection of deformar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈfoɾme/ [d̪eˈfoɾ.me]
• Rhymes: -oɾme
• Syllabification: de‧for‧me

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin dēfōrmis.

Alternative forms

• diforme (obsolete)

Adjective

deforme m or f (masculine and feminine plural deformes)

1. deformed

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

deforme

1. inflection of deformar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “deforme”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025