"metamorphosis" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌmɛtəˈmɔːfəsɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌmɛtəmɔːˈfəʊsɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌmɛɾəˈmɔɹfəsɪs/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-metamorphosis.wav [Southern-England] Forms: metamorphoses [plural]
Etymology: First attested in 1533, from Latin metamorphōsis, from Ancient Greek μεταμόρφωσις (metamórphōsis), from μετά (metá, “change”) + μορφή (morphḗ, “form”). Analyzable as meta- + -morph + -osis Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|metamorphōsis}} Latin metamorphōsis, {{der|en|grc|μεταμόρφωσις}} Ancient Greek μεταμόρφωσις (metamórphōsis), {{m|grc|μετά||change}} μετά (metá, “change”), {{m|grc|μορφή||form}} μορφή (morphḗ, “form”), {{af|en|meta-|-morph|-osis}} meta- + -morph + -osis Head templates: {{en-noun|~|metamorphoses}} metamorphosis (countable and uncountable, plural metamorphoses)
  1. A transformation, such as one performed by magic. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (transformation): μεταμόρφωσις (metamórphōsis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), مَسْخ (masḵ) [masculine] (Arabic), կերպարանափոխություն (kerparanapʻoxutʻyun) (Armenian), այլակերպություն (aylakerputʻyun) (Armenian), փոխակերպություն (pʻoxakerputʻyun) (Armenian), превръщане (prevrǎštane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), metamorfosi [feminine] (Catalan), 變態 (Chinese Mandarin), 变态 (biàntài) (Chinese Mandarin), 變形 (Chinese Mandarin), 变形 (biànxíng) (Chinese Mandarin), metamorfose (Danish), metamorfozo (Esperanto), muodonmuutos (Finnish), métamorphose [feminine] (French), metamorfose [feminine] (Galician), Verwandlung [feminine] (German), Metamorphose [feminine] (German), μεταμόρφωση (metamórfosi) [feminine] (Greek), átváltozás (Hungarian), átalakulás (Hungarian), metamorfoso (Ido), metamorfosis (Indonesian), metamorfosi [feminine] (Italian), 変態 (hentai) (alt: へんたい) (Japanese), 変形 (henkei) (alt: へんけい) (Japanese), បំរែរូប (bɑmrae ruup) (Khmer), 변태 (byeontae) (alt: 變態) (Korean), 변형 (byeonhyeong) (alt: 變形) (Korean), metamorfosis (Malay), metamorfose [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), metamorfose [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), metamorfòsi [feminine] (Occitan), metamorfoza [feminine] (Polish), przemiana [feminine] (Polish), metamorfose [feminine] (Portuguese), metamorfoză [feminine] (Romanian), превраще́ние (prevraščénije) [neuter] (Russian), метаморфо́за (metamorfóza) (Russian), metamorfoza [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), metamorfosis [feminine] (Spanish), metamofosi (Swahili), metamorfos [common-gender] (Swedish), metamorfoz (Turkish), başkalaşım (Turkish), شەكىل ئۆزگەرتىش (shekil özgertish) (Uyghur), sự biến thái (alt: sự 變態) (Vietnamese), sự biến hình (alt: sự 變形) (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-metamorphosis-en-noun-ghmLlsq9 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with meta- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with meta-: 31 27 17 25 Disambiguation of 'transformation': 73 0 27 0
  2. A noticeable change in character, appearance, function or condition. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (noticeable change): muodonmuutos (Finnish), muuttuminen (Finnish), metamorfoosi (Finnish), Metamorphose [feminine] (German), μεταμόρφωση (metamórfosi) [feminine] (Greek), metamorfosis (Malay), metamorfose [feminine] (Portuguese), mudança [feminine] (Portuguese), transformação [masculine] (Portuguese), mutação [masculine] (Portuguese), evolução [masculine] (Portuguese), transmutação [masculine] (Portuguese), metamorfoză [feminine] (Romanian), метаморфо́за (metamorfóza) (Russian), metamorfoza [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-metamorphosis-en-noun-W9b83PGn Categories (other): English terms prefixed with meta- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with meta-: 31 27 17 25 Disambiguation of 'noticeable change': 0 71 11 19
  3. (biology) A change in the form and often habits of an animal after the embryonic stage during normal development. (e.g. the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly or a tadpole into a frog.) Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Biology Translations (in biology): مَسْخ (masḵ) [masculine] (Arabic), метаморфоза (metamorfoza) [feminine] (Bulgarian), metamorfosi [feminine] (Catalan), 變態 (Chinese Mandarin), 变态 (biàntài) (Chinese Mandarin), proměna [feminine] (Czech), metamorfose (Dutch), muodonvaihdos (Finnish), métamorphose [feminine] (French), metamorfose [feminine] (Galician), Metamorphose [feminine] (German), μεταμόρφωση (metamórfosi) [feminine] (Greek), कायांतरण (kāyāntraṇ) (Hindi), 変態 (hentai) (alt: へんたい) (Japanese), 변태 (byeontae) (alt: 變態) (Korean), 탈바꿈 (talbakkum) (Korean), metamorfosis (Malay), രൂപാന്തരീകരണം (rūpāntarīkaraṇaṁ) (Malayalam), metamorfose [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), metamorfose [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), دگردیسی (degardisi) (Persian), metamorfoza [feminine] (Polish), przeobrażenie [neuter] (Polish), metamorfose [feminine] (Portuguese), metamorfoză [feminine] (Romanian), метаморфо́за (metamorfóza) (Russian), metamorfoza [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), metamorfosis [feminine] (Spanish), metamofosi (Swahili), metamorfos [common-gender] (Swedish), banyuhay (Tagalog), రూపభేదము (rūpabhēdamu) (Telugu), metamorfoz (Turkish), başkalaşım (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-metamorphosis-en-noun-ACEs6GWs Categories (other): English terms prefixed with meta- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with meta-: 31 27 17 25 Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'in biology': 0 26 43 31
  4. (pathology) A change, usually degenerative, in the structure of a specific body tissue. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Pathology, Fictional abilities Translations (in pathology): metamorfoosi (Finnish), metamorfosis (Malay), alomorfia [feminine] (Portuguese), метаморфо́за (metamorfóza) (Russian), metamorfoza [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), metamorfoz (Turkish), başkalaşım (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-metamorphosis-en-noun-wNX38cUR Disambiguation of Fictional abilities: 7 20 10 63 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with meta-, English terms suffixed with -morph, English terms suffixed with -osis Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 10 24 39 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 24 11 21 44 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with meta-: 31 27 17 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -morph: 18 19 20 43 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -osis: 26 13 14 47 Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences Disambiguation of 'in pathology': 0 26 23 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: hypermetamorphosis, intermetamorphosis, metamorphosist, metramorphosis, prometamorphosis, ultrametamorphosis Related terms: metamorphic, metamorphose, metamorphosize, metamorphism

Inflected forms

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        "uncountable"
      ]
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      "categories": [
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      ],
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          "change"
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          "character"
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          "appearance"
        ],
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          "function"
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          "condition"
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
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      ],
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      ],
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          "biology"
        ]
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
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      ],
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        "A change, usually degenerative, in the structure of a specific body tissue."
      ],
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        [
          "pathology",
          "pathology"
        ],
        [
          "change",
          "change"
        ],
        [
          "degenerative",
          "degenerative"
        ],
        [
          "structure",
          "structure"
        ],
        [
          "body",
          "body"
        ],
        [
          "tissue",
          "tissue"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(pathology) A change, usually degenerative, in the structure of a specific body tissue."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
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        "medicine",
        "pathology",
        "sciences"
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌmɛtəmɔːˈfəʊsɪs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˌmɛɾəˈmɔɹfəsɪs/",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "masḵ",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مَسْخ"
    },
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kerparanapʻoxutʻyun",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "word": "կերպարանափոխություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "aylakerputʻyun",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "word": "այլակերպություն"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "pʻoxakerputʻyun",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "word": "փոխակերպություն"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prevrǎštane",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "превръщане"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "metamorfosi"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "word": "變態"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "biàntài",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "word": "变态"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "word": "變形"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "biànxíng",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "word": "变形"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "word": "metamorfose"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "word": "metamorfozo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "word": "muodonmuutos"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "métamorphose"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "metamorfose"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verwandlung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Metamorphose"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "metamórfosi",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μεταμόρφωση"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "metamórphōsis",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μεταμόρφωσις"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "word": "átváltozás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "word": "átalakulás"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "word": "metamorfoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "word": "metamorfosis"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "metamorfosi"
    },
    {
      "alt": "へんたい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hentai",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "word": "変態"
    },
    {
      "alt": "へんけい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "henkei",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "word": "変形"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "bɑmrae ruup",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "word": "បំរែរូប"
    },
    {
      "alt": "變態",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "byeontae",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "word": "변태"
    },
    {
      "alt": "變形",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "byeonhyeong",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "word": "변형"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "word": "metamorfosis"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "metamorfose"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "metamorfose"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "metamorfòsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "metamorfoza"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "przemiana"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "metamorfose"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "metamorfoză"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prevraščénije",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "превраще́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "metamorfóza",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "word": "метаморфо́за"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "metamorfoza"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "metamorfosis"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "word": "metamofosi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "metamorfos"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "word": "metamorfoz"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "word": "başkalaşım"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "shekil özgertish",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "word": "شەكىل ئۆزگەرتىش"
    },
    {
      "alt": "sự 變態",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "word": "sự biến thái"
    },
    {
      "alt": "sự 變形",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "transformation",
      "word": "sự biến hình"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "noticeable change",
      "word": "muodonmuutos"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "noticeable change",
      "word": "muuttuminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "noticeable change",
      "word": "metamorfoosi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "noticeable change",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Metamorphose"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "metamórfosi",
      "sense": "noticeable change",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μεταμόρφωση"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "noticeable change",
      "word": "metamorfosis"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "noticeable change",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "metamorfose"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "noticeable change",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mudança"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "noticeable change",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "transformação"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "noticeable change",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mutação"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "noticeable change",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "evolução"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "noticeable change",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "transmutação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "noticeable change",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "metamorfoză"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "metamorfóza",
      "sense": "noticeable change",
      "word": "метаморфо́за"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "noticeable change",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "metamorfoza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "masḵ",
      "sense": "in biology",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مَسْخ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "metamorfoza",
      "sense": "in biology",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "метаморфоза"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "in biology",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "metamorfosi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "in biology",
      "word": "變態"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "biàntài",
      "sense": "in biology",
      "word": "变态"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "in biology",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "proměna"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "in biology",
      "word": "metamorfose"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in biology",
      "word": "muodonvaihdos"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in biology",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "métamorphose"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "in biology",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "metamorfose"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in biology",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Metamorphose"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in biology",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Metamorphose"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "metamórfosi",
      "sense": "in biology",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μεταμόρφωση"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kāyāntraṇ",
      "sense": "in biology",
      "word": "कायांतरण"
    },
    {
      "alt": "へんたい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hentai",
      "sense": "in biology",
      "word": "変態"
    },
    {
      "alt": "變態",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "byeontae",
      "sense": "in biology",
      "word": "변태"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "talbakkum",
      "sense": "in biology",
      "word": "탈바꿈"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "in biology",
      "word": "metamorfosis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "rūpāntarīkaraṇaṁ",
      "sense": "in biology",
      "word": "രൂപാന്തരീകരണം"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "in biology",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "metamorfose"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "in biology",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "metamorfose"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "degardisi",
      "sense": "in biology",
      "word": "دگردیسی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in biology",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "metamorfoza"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in biology",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "przeobrażenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in biology",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "metamorfose"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "in biology",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "metamorfoză"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "metamorfóza",
      "sense": "in biology",
      "word": "метаморфо́за"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "in biology",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "metamorfoza"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in biology",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "metamorfosis"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "in biology",
      "word": "metamofosi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in biology",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "metamorfos"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "in biology",
      "word": "banyuhay"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "rūpabhēdamu",
      "sense": "in biology",
      "word": "రూపభేదము"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "in biology",
      "word": "metamorfoz"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "in biology",
      "word": "başkalaşım"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "note": "sự biến thái (sự + 變態)",
      "sense": "in biology"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in pathology",
      "word": "metamorfoosi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "in pathology",
      "word": "metamorfosis"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in pathology",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alomorfia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "metamorfóza",
      "sense": "in pathology",
      "word": "метаморфо́за"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "in pathology",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "metamorfoza"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "in pathology",
      "word": "metamorfoz"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "in pathology",
      "word": "başkalaşım"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "metamorphosis"
  ],
  "word": "metamorphosis"
}

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