metamorphosis

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌmɛtəˈmɔːfəsɪs/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌmɛtəmɔːˈfəʊsɪs/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˌmɛtəˈmoɹfəsɪs/
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• Canada, General-American: [ˌmɛɾəˈmoɹfəsɪs]
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First attested in 1533, from Latin metamorphōsis, from Ancient Greek μεταμόρφωσις (metamórphōsis), from μετά (metá, “change”) + μορφή (morphḗ, “form”). Analyzable as meta- + -morph + -osis

121 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مَسْخ (masḵ) — transformation
• Armenian: կերպարանափոխություն (kerparanapʻoxutʻyun) — transformation
• Armenian: այլակերպություն (aylakerputʻyun) — transformation
• Armenian: փոխակերպություն (pʻoxakerputʻyun) — transformation
• Bulgarian: превръщане (prevrǎštane) — transformation
• Catalan: metamorfosi — transformation
• Chinese Mandarin: 變態 /变态 (biàntài) — transformation
• Chinese Mandarin: 變形 /变形 (biànxíng) — transformation
• Danish: metamorfose — transformation
• Esperanto: metamorfozo — transformation
• Finnish: muodonmuutos — transformation
• French: métamorphose — transformation
• Galician: metamorfose — transformation
• Georgian: გარდასახვა (gardasaxva) — transformation
• Georgian: გარდაქმნა (gardakmna) — transformation
• Georgian: ფერიცვალება (pericvaleba) — transformation
• Georgian: სახეცვლილება (saxecvlileba) — transformation
• Georgian: მეტამორფოზა (meṭamorpoza) — transformation
• Georgian: მეტამორფოზი (meṭamorpozi) — transformation
• German: Verwandlung — transformation
• German: Metamorphose — transformation
• Greek: μεταμόρφωση (metamórfosi) — transformation
• Ancient Greek: μεταμόρφωσις (metamórphōsis) — transformation
• Hindi: कायांतरण (kāyāntraṇ) — transformation
• Hindi: कायापलट (kāyāplaṭ) — transformation
• Hindi: रूपांतरण (rūpāntraṇ) — transformation
• Hungarian: átváltozás — transformation
• Hungarian: átalakulás — transformation
• Ido: metamorfoso — transformation
• Indonesian: metamorfosis — transformation
• Italian: metamorfosi — transformation
• Japanese: 変態 (hentai) — transformation
• Japanese: 変形 (henkei) — transformation
• Khmer: បំរែរូប (bɑmrae ruup) — transformation
• Korean: 변태 (byeontae) — transformation
• Korean: 변형 (byeonhyeong) — transformation
• Latin: metamorphōsis — transformation
• Latin: trānsfōrmātiō — transformation
• Malay: metamorfosis — transformation
• Middle English: transformacioun — transformation
• Norwegian Bokmål: metamorfose — transformation
• Norwegian Nynorsk: metamorfose — transformation
• Occitan: metamorfòsi — transformation
• Old English: wending — transformation
• Polish: metamorfoza — transformation
• Polish: przemiana — transformation
• Portuguese: metamorfose — transformation
• Romanian: metamorfoză — transformation
• Russian: превраще́ние (prevraščénije) — transformation
• Russian: метаморфо́за (metamorfóza) — transformation
• Serbo-Croatian: metamorfoza — transformation
• Spanish: metamorfosis — transformation
• Swahili: metamofosi — transformation
• Swedish: metamorfos — transformation
• Turkish: metamorfoz — transformation
• Turkish: başkalaşım — transformation
• Uyghur: شەكىل ئۆزگەرتىش (shekil özgertish) — transformation
• Vietnamese: sự biến thái — transformation
• Vietnamese: sự biến hình — transformation
• Finnish: muodonmuutos — noticeable change
• Finnish: muuttuminen — noticeable change
• Finnish: metamorfoosi — noticeable change
• German: Metamorphose — noticeable change
• Greek: μεταμόρφωση (metamórfosi) — noticeable change
• Malay: metamorfosis — noticeable change
• Polish: przemiana — noticeable change
• Portuguese: metamorfose — noticeable change
• Portuguese: mudança — noticeable change
• Portuguese: transformação — noticeable change
• Portuguese: mutação — noticeable change
• Portuguese: evolução — noticeable change
• Portuguese: transmutação — noticeable change
• Romanian: metamorfoză — noticeable change
• Russian: метаморфо́за (metamorfóza) — noticeable change
• Serbo-Croatian: metamorfoza — noticeable change
• Afrikaans: metamorfose — in biology
• Arabic: مَسْخ (masḵ) — in biology
• Bulgarian: метаморфоза (metamorfoza) — in biology
• Catalan: metamorfosi — in biology
• Chinese Mandarin: 變態 /变态 (biàntài) — in biology
• Czech: proměna — in biology
• Dutch: metamorfose — in biology
• Esperanto: metamorfozo — in biology
• Finnish: muodonvaihdos — in biology
• French: métamorphose — in biology
• Galician: metamorfose — in biology
• German: Metamorphose — in biology
• Greek: μεταμόρφωση (metamórfosi) — in biology
• Hindi: कायांतरण (kāyāntraṇ) — in biology
• Interlingua: metamorphose — in biology
• Japanese: 変態 (hentai) — in biology
• Korean: 변태 (byeontae) — in biology
• Korean: 탈바꿈 (talbakkum) — in biology
• Latin: metamorphōsis — in biology
• Malay: metamorfosis — in biology
• Malayalam: രൂപാന്തരീകരണം (rūpāntarīkaraṇaṁ) — in biology
• Norwegian Bokmål: metamorfose — in biology
• Norwegian Nynorsk: metamorfose — in biology
• Persian: دگردیسی (degardisi) — in biology
• Polish: metamorfoza — in biology
• Polish: przeobrażenie — in biology
• Polish: metabolia — in biology
• Portuguese: metamorfose — in biology
• Romanian: metamorfoză — in biology
• Russian: метаморфо́за (metamorfóza) — in biology
• Serbo-Croatian: metamorfoza — in biology
• Spanish: metamorfosis — in biology
• Swahili: metamofosi — in biology
• Swedish: metamorfos — in biology
• Tagalog: banyuhay — in biology
• Tagalog: metamorposis — in biology
• Telugu: రూపభేదము (rūpabhēdamu) — in biology
• Turkish: metamorfoz — in biology
• Turkish: başkalaşım — in biology
• Finnish: metamorfoosi — in pathology
• Malay: metamorfosis — in pathology
• Portuguese: alomorfia — in pathology
• Russian: метаморфо́за (metamorfóza) — in pathology
• Serbo-Croatian: metamorfoza — in pathology
• Turkish: metamorfoz — in pathology
• Turkish: başkalaşım — in pathology