amorfo
Italian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄμορφος (ámorphos). By surface analysis, a- + -morfo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈmɔr.fo/
- Rhymes: -ɔrfo
- Hyphenation: a‧mòr‧fo
Adjective
amorfo (feminine amorfa, masculine plural amorfi, feminine plural amorfe)
- amorphous
- (figurative) colourless/colorless
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Noun
amorfo m (plural amorfi, feminine amorfa)
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Further reading
- amorfo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- amorfo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- amorfo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- amòrfo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- amòrfo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latvian
Adjective
amorfo
- inflection of amorfs:
- definite vocative/accusative/instrumental masculine/feminine singular
- definite genitive masculine/feminine plural
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄμορφος (ámorphos), from ᾰ̓- (ă-, alpha privativum) + μορφή (morphḗ, “shape, fashion, appearance”) + -ος (-os). By surface analysis, a- + -morfo.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈmɔʁ.fu/ [aˈmɔh.fu]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /aˈmɔɾ.fu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /aˈmɔʁ.fu/ [aˈmɔχ.fu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈmɔɻ.fo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈmɔɾ.fu/
- Rhymes: -ɔɾfu
- Hyphenation: a‧mor‧fo
Adjective
amorfo (feminine amorfa, masculine plural amorfos, feminine plural amorfas)
- amorphous (lacking a definite form or clear shape)
- amorphous (being without definite character or nature)
- (physics) amorphous (in the non-crystalline state of solid)
Further reading
- “amorfo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “amorfo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “amorfo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “amorfo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “amorfo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “amorfo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄμορφος (ámorphos). By surface analysis, a- + -morfo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈmoɾfo/ [aˈmoɾ.fo]
- Rhymes: -oɾfo
- Syllabification: a‧mor‧fo
Adjective
amorfo (feminine amorfa, masculine plural amorfos, feminine plural amorfas)
Related terms
Further reading
- “amorfo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024