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morph.

A recurrent distinctive sound or sequence of sounds representing an indivisible morphological form; especially as representing a morpheme.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/mɔː(ɹ)f/
  1. A recurrent distinctive sound or sequence of sounds representing an indivisible morphological form; especially as representing a morpheme.

  2. An allomorph: one of a set of realizations that a morpheme can have in different contexts.

Where this word comes from

Back-formation from morpheme, from Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “form, shape”). Compare German Morph, from Morphem. Attested since the 1940s.

noun/mɔː(ɹ)f/
  1. A variety of a species, distinguishable from other individuals of the species by morphology or behaviour.

Where this word comes from

Back-formation from morphism. Attested since the 1950s. See also morphology.

verb/mɔː(ɹ)f/
  1. To change shape, from one form to another, through computer animation.

    ambitransitive · colloquial
  2. To shapeshift.

  3. To undergo dramatic change in a seamless and barely noticeable fashion.

    broadly
Where this word comes from

Clipping of metamorphose.

noun/mɔː(ɹ)f/
  1. A computer-generated gradual change from one image to another.

Where this word comes from

Clipping of metamorphose.

noun/mɔː(ɹ)f/
  1. Morphine.

    slang · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Clipping of morphine.

noun/mɔː(ɹ)f/
  1. A hermaphrodite, an intersex person.

Where this word comes from

Clipping of morphodite.

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