amorphe
French, adjective/a.mɔʁf/
amorphe is spelled A-M-O-R-P-H-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 44,936th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amorphe is a French adjective meaning “amorphous (without a definite shape of nature)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui n’a pas de forme déterminée”.
What does amorphe mean in English?
adjective
- 1
amorphous (without a definite shape of nature)
- 2
amorphous (in a non-crystalline solid state)
- 3
sluggish, inert (lacking vivacity)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui n’a pas de forme déterminée. 2. Sans vivacité, sans énergie. 3. En sciences des matériaux, le terme désigne des solides non cristallins, où les atomes ou les molécules sont entassés de manière désordonnée. C’est le contraire d’un cristal.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of amorphe
- amorphes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amorphe?
- /a.mɔʁf/
- \a.mɔʁf\
- [a.mɔʁf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to amorphe
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amorphe in French?
amorphe appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).