falciform
/ˈfæl.sɪ.fɔɹm/adjective
falciform is an adjective meaning “Sickle-shaped” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-A-L-C-I-F-O-R-M and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 85 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does falciform mean?
adjective
- 1
Sickle-shaped.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce falciform?
- UK /ˈfæl.sɪ.fɔːm/
- UK /ˈfɒl.sɪ.fɔːm/
- US /ˈfæl.sɪ.fɔɹm/
Falciform has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-falciform.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of falciform
- more falciform comparative
- most falciform superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is falciform?
Falciform appears about once in every 85 million words in written English, the 293,966th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Falciform in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense sickle-shaped:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | falciforme |
| Portuguese | falciforme |
| Spanish | falciforme |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does falciform come from?
From Latin falx (“sickle”, stem falc-) + English -iform (“-shaped”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).