metamorfosis

Learned borrowing from Latin metamorphōsis, from Ancient Greek μεταμόρφωσις (metamórphōsis), from μεταμορφόω (metamorphóō, “to transform, change, disguise”), from μετά (metá, “concerning change”) + μορφόω (morphóō, “to form”). The form displaced earlier loanword metamorfosa, borrowed from Dutch metamorfose.

• IPA^(key): /metamɔrˈfosɪs/
• Rhymes: -sɪs
• Hyphenation: me‧ta‧mor‧fo‧sis

metamorfosis (plural metamorfosis-metamorfosis)

1. metamorphosis
   1. a transformation, such as one performed by magic
   2. a noticeable change in character, appearance, function or condition
   3. (biology) a change in the form and often habits of an animal after the embryonic stage during normal development
   4. (pathology) a change in the structure of a specific body tissue

• metamorfosa

• (non-scientific): transfigurasi

• “metamorfosis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Latin metamorphōsis, from Ancient Greek μεταμόρφωσις (metamórphōsis), from μεταμορφόω (metamorphóō, “to transform, change, disguise”), from μετά (metá, “concerning change”) + μορφόω (morphóō, “to form”).

• IPA^(key): /metamoɾˈfosis/ [me.t̪a.moɾˈfo.sis]
• Rhymes: -osis
• Syllabification: me‧ta‧mor‧fo‧sis

metamorfosis f (plural metamorfosis)

1. (biology) metamorphosis

• “metamorfosis”, 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