infundibuliform
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin īnfundibulum (“funnel”), and the Latin fōrma (“shape, likeness”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
infundibuliform (comparative more infundibuliform, superlative most infundibuliform)
- 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[edit]
Translations[edit]
having the shape of a funnel
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References[edit]
- 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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French infundibuliforme.
Adjective[edit]
infundibuliform m or n (feminine singular infundibuliformă, masculine plural infundibuliformi, feminine and neuter plural infundibuliforme)
Declension[edit]
Declension of infundibuliform
singular | plural | ||||||
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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[edit]
- infundibuliform in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN