infundibuliform

English

Etymology

From Latin īnfundibulum (“funnel”), and the Latin fōrma (“shape, likeness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪnfʌnˈdɪbjʊlɪˌfɔː(ɹ)m/

Adjective

infundibuliform (comparative more infundibuliform, superlative most infundibuliform)

1. having the shape of a funnel or cone.
   • 1961, Joseph Heller, chapter 2, in Catch-22, Vintage, published 2004, page 18:

     ... had it not been for that patriotic Texan with his infundibuliform jowls and his lumpy, rumpleheaded, indestructible smile cracked forever across the front of his face like the brim of a black ten-gallon hat.

   • 1784, William Marsden, The history of Sumatra, page 88:

     This is a monopetalous, infundibuliform, white flower, of the tuberofe kind.

Synonyms

• infundibular

Translations

having the shape of a funnel

• Czech: trychtýřovitý
• Italian: imbutiforme
• Portuguese: infundibuliforme (pt)

References

• Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, Angus Stevenson and Georgia Hole, editors (2007), “infundibuliform”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 6th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French infundibuliforme.

Adjective

infundibuliform m or n (feminine singular infundibuliformă, masculine plural infundibuliformi, feminine and neuter plural infundibuliforme)

1. infundibular

Declension

Declension of infundibuliform

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	infundibuliform		infundibuliformă	infundibuliformi	infundibuliforme
	definite	infundibuliformul		infundibuliforma	infundibuliformii	infundibuliformele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	infundibuliform		infundibuliforme	infundibuliformi	infundibuliforme
	definite	infundibuliformului		infundibuliformei	infundibuliformilor	infundibuliformelor

References

• infundibuliform in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN