fungiform
/ˈfʌn.dʒɪ.fɔːm/adjective
fungiform is an adjective meaning “Having the shape of a mushroom; especially, the archetypical such shape, suggesting a cap and stem” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-U-N-G-I-F-O-R-M and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 95 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does fungiform mean?
adjective
- 1
Having the shape of a mushroom; especially, the archetypical such shape, suggesting a cap and stem.
Near-synonyms: mycomorphic, mushroom-shaped
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fungiform?
- UK /ˈfʌn.dʒɪ.fɔːm/
- UK /ˈfʌŋ.ɡɪ.fɔːm/
Fungiform has 3 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of fungiform
- more fungiform comparative
- most fungiform superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fungiform?
Fungiform appears about once in every 95 million words in written English, the 313,259th 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).
Fungiform in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense mushroom-shaped:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fungiforme |
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 fungiform come from?
From fungi- + -form.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).