amorfo

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)

1. amorphous
2. (figurative) colourless/colorless
3. (psychology) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Noun

amorfo m (plural amorfi, feminine amorfa)

1. (psychology) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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

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Latvian

Adjective

amorfo

1. vocative singular masculine form of amorfais
2. accusative singular masculine form of amorfais
3. instrumental singular masculine form of amorfais
4. genitive plural masculine form of amorfais
5. vocative singular feminine form of amorfais
6. accusative singular feminine form of amorfais
7. instrumental singular feminine form of amorfais
8. genitive plural feminine form of amorfais

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄμορφος (ámorphos), from ᾰ̓- (a-, alpha privativum) +‎ μορφή (morphḗ, “shape, fashion, appearance”) +‎ -ος (-os). By surface analysis, a- +‎ -morfo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmɔʁ.fu/ [aˈmɔh.fu]

• (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)

1. amorphous (lacking a definite form or clear shape)
2. amorphous (being without definite character or nature)
3. (physics) amorphous (in the non-chrystalline state of solid)

Further reading

• “amorfo” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “amorfo” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “amorfo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “amorfo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
• “amorfo” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “amorfo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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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)

1. amorphous

Related terms

• amorfia
• amorfismo

Further reading

• “amorfo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014