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-form

-form suffix: having the shape or form of; looking like.

Suffix (1)

-form

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

Suffix (2)

-form

  1. Related to formic acid in some way.
    • chloroform

Synonyms of -form

Forms of -form

alternative form-iform

Origin of -form

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

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

Questions about -form

What does -form mean?
-form means having the shape or form of; looking like.
What part of speech is -form?
-form is a suffix.

Words near -form in the dictionary

  1. -fluencer
  2. -flurane
  3. -flux
  4. -focon
  5. -fold
  6. -form
  7. -formin
  8. -fos
  9. -fos-
  10. -fosfamide
  11. -fosine

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