-form

See also: form, Form, and form.

English

Etymology 1

From Latin -fōrmis (“having the form of”), from fōrma (“a form, contour, figure, shape, appearance, looks”).

Suffix

-form

Having the shape or form of; looking like.
vermiform (“shaped like a worm”)

Alternative forms

-iform (with interfix -i-)

Synonyms

(looking like): quasi-, para-, -oid, -esque, -ish, -ly, -some, -y, (restricted to casual registers) -ass, (forms adjectives from nouns only) -like

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -form

English terms suffixed with -iform

Related terms

-iformes

Translations

shaped — see shaped

Etymology 2

From formic, from Latin formica (“ant”).

Suffix

-form

Related to formic acid in some way.
chloroform

Derived terms

Anagrams

MoRF, from

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