fusiform

English

Etymology

From Latin fusus (“spindle”) +‎ -iform.

Adjective

fusiform (comparative more fusiform, superlative most fusiform)

1. (chiefly botany, zoology) Shaped like a spindle with yarn spun on it; having round or roundish cross-section and tapering at each end.

   Fusobacteria are fusiform bacilli (spindled rods).

   Acorns come in spherical and fusiform varieties.

Synonyms

• spindle-shaped

Derived terms

• bifusiform
• fusiform gyrus
• subfusiform

Related terms

• fusee

Translations

spindle-shaped

Bulgarian: вретеновиден (bg) (vretenoviden) Esperanto: ŝpinilforma sg Finnish: sukkulamainen French: fusiforme (fr) German: spindelförmig (de) Greek: ατρακτοειδής (el) m or f (atraktoeidís) Italian: fusiforme Polish: wrzecionowaty (pl) Portuguese: fusiforme (pt) Russian: веретенообра́зный (ru) (veretenoobráznyj) Spanish: fusiforme (es)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French fusiforme.

Adjective

fusiform m or n (feminine singular fusiformă, masculine plural fusiformi, feminine/neuter plural fusiforme)

1. fusiform

Declension

Declension of fusiform

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	fusiform		fusiformă		fusiformi	fusiforme
	definite	fusiformul		fusiforma		fusiformii	fusiformele
genitive- dative	indefinite	fusiform		fusiforme		fusiformi	fusiforme
	definite	fusiformului		fusiformei		fusiformilor	fusiformelor