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napiform

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

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  • UK: /ˈneɪp.ɪ.fɔːm/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈneɪ.pɪ.fɔɹm/

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adj

Meaning 1

Shaped like a turnip; spherical at the top, but with a tapering bottom.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin nāpus (“turnip”) + -form.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: рэпчаты (repčaty) — shaped like a turnip
  • Dutch: koolachtig — shaped like a turnip
  • Estonian: naerikujuline — shaped like a turnip
  • Finnish: naurismainen — shaped like a turnip
  • French: napiforme — shaped like a turnip
  • Galician: napiforme — shaped like a turnip
  • German: rübenförmig — shaped like a turnip
  • Greek: γογγυλοειδής (gongyloeidís) — shaped like a turnip
  • Hungarian: répaszerű — shaped like a turnip
  • Lithuanian: ropinis — shaped like a turnip
  • Russian: репови́дный (repovídnyj) — shaped like a turnip
  • Russian: репообра́зный (repoobráznyj) — shaped like a turnip
  • Russian: ре́пчатый (répčatyj) — shaped like a turnip
  • Ukrainian: ріпчастий (ripčastyj) — shaped like a turnip