"fusiform" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more fusiform [comparative], most fusiform [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin fusus (“spindle”) + -iform. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|fusus||spindle}} Latin fusus (“spindle”), {{suffix|en||iform}} + -iform Head templates: {{en-adj}} fusiform (comparative more fusiform, superlative most fusiform)
  1. (chiefly botany, zoology) Shaped like a spindle with yarn spun on it; having round or roundish cross-section and tapering at each end. Categories (topical): Botany, Zoology Synonyms: spindle-shaped Derived forms: bifusiform, fusiform gyrus Related terms: fusee Translations (spindle-shaped): вретеновиден (vretenoviden) (Bulgarian), sukkulamainen (Finnish), fusiforme (French), ατρακτοειδής (atraktoeidís) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), fusiforme (Portuguese), веретенообра́зный (veretenoobráznyj) (Russian), fusiforme (Spanish)

Adjective [Romanian]

Etymology: Borrowed from French fusiforme. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|ro|fr|fusiforme|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} French fusiforme, {{bor+|ro|fr|fusiforme}} Borrowed from French fusiforme Head templates: {{ro-adj}} fusiform m or n (feminine singular fusiformă, masculine plural fusiformi, feminine and neuter plural fusiforme) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-adj}} Forms: fusiformă [feminine, singular], fusiformi [masculine, plural], fusiforme [feminine, neuter, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], fusiform [accusative, indefinite, masculine, neuter, nominative, singular], fusiformă [accusative, feminine, indefinite, nominative, singular], fusiformi [accusative, indefinite, masculine, nominative, plural], fusiforme [accusative, feminine, indefinite, neuter, nominative, plural], fusiformul [accusative, definite, masculine, neuter, nominative, singular], fusiforma [accusative, definite, feminine, nominative, singular], fusiformii [accusative, definite, masculine, nominative, plural], fusiformele [accusative, definite, feminine, neuter, nominative, plural], fusiform [dative, genitive, indefinite, masculine, neuter, singular], fusiforme [dative, feminine, genitive, indefinite, singular], fusiformi [dative, genitive, indefinite, masculine, plural], fusiforme [dative, feminine, genitive, indefinite, neuter, plural], fusiformului [dative, definite, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], fusiformei [dative, definite, feminine, genitive, singular], fusiformilor [dative, definite, genitive, masculine, plural], fusiformelor [dative, definite, feminine, genitive, neuter, plural]
  1. fusiform Tags: masculine, neuter
    Sense id: en-fusiform-ro-adj-4UexoSPf Categories (other): Romanian entries with incorrect language header

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        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "fusiform m or n (feminine singular fusiformă, masculine plural fusiformi, feminine and neuter plural fusiforme)",
      "name": "ro-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ro-decl-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Romanian",
  "lang_code": "ro",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Romanian adjectives",
        "Romanian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Romanian lemmas",
        "Romanian terms borrowed from French",
        "Romanian terms derived from French"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "fusiform"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fusiform",
          "fusiform#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fusiform"
}

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