morph

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: mô(r)f, IPA(key): /mɔː(ɹ)f/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)f === Etymology 1 === Back-formation from morpheme, from Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “form, shape”). Compare German Morph, from Morphem. Attested since the 1940s. ==== Noun ==== morph (plural morphs) (grammar, linguistics) A recurrent distinctive sound or sequence of sounds representing an indivisible morphological form; especially as representing a morpheme. (linguistics) An allomorph: one of a set of realizations that a morpheme can have in different contexts. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== “morph, n.3.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2002. === Etymology 2 === Back-formation from morphism. Attested since the 1950s. See also morphology. ==== Noun ==== morph (plural morphs) (zoology) A variety of a species, distinguishable from other individuals of the species by morphology or behaviour. Coordinate terms: subspecies; life form ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== “morph, n.4.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2002. === Etymology 3 === Clipping of metamorphose. ==== Verb ==== morph (third-person singular simple present morphs, present participle morphing, simple past and past participle morphed) (colloquial, ambitransitive, computer graphics) To change shape, from one form to another, through computer animation. (science fiction, fantasy) To shapeshift. (by extension) To undergo dramatic change in a seamless and barely noticeable fashion. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== morph (plural morphs) A computer-generated gradual change from one image to another. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 4 === Clipping of morphine. ==== Noun ==== morph (uncountable) (slang) Morphine. === Etymology 5 === Clipping of morphodite. ==== Noun ==== morph (plural morphs) A hermaphrodite, an intersex person. === Related terms === morphic morpho- morphological muscle morph === Further reading === morphing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia polymorphism (biology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia