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byform

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An alternative tangential, subordinate, or secondary variant form of a word or morpheme.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From by- + form. Compare West Frisian byfoarm (“byform”), Dutch bijvorm (“byform”).

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: wisselvorm — tangential or subordinate form
  • Breton: adstumm — tangential or subordinate form
  • Breton: eilstumm — tangential or subordinate form
  • Czech: druhotvar — tangential or subordinate form
  • Dutch: bijvorm — tangential or subordinate form
  • Dutch: nevenvorm — tangential or subordinate form
  • Finnish: sivumuoto — tangential or subordinate form
  • French: variante — tangential or subordinate form
  • German: Nebenform — tangential or subordinate form
  • German: Variante — tangential or subordinate form
  • Italian: variante — tangential or subordinate form
  • Polish: forma oboczna — tangential or subordinate form
  • Polish: wariant — tangential or subordinate form
  • Portuguese: variante — tangential or subordinate form
  • Spanish: variante — tangential or subordinate form
  • Swedish: sidoform — tangential or subordinate form
  • Welsh: ffurf gyfochrog — tangential or subordinate form