multifid
English
Etymology
From Latin multifidus, from multi- (“many”) + -fidus, from findere (“to split”). Equivalent of multi- + -fid. Doublet of multifidus and multifidous.
Adjective
multifid (not comparable)
- Cleft into many parts or lobes.
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC:
- For animals multifidous, or such as are digitated or have several divisions in their feet;
- 1898, Adam Sedgwick et al., A Student's Text-book of Zoology:
- Helicidae: Land-snails...genital organs generally with a dart and multifid vesicles.
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- multifidus muscle
Translations
Translations
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin multifidus.
Adjective
multifid m or n (feminine singular multifidă, masculine plural multifizi, feminine and neuter plural multifide)
- divided into many parts
Declension
Declension of multifid
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | multifid | multifidă | multifizi | multifide | ||
| definite | multifidul | multifida | multifizii | multifidele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | multifid | multifide | multifizi | multifide | ||
| definite | multifidului | multifidei | multifizilor | multifidelor | |||
References
- multifid in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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