metamorphosis

Other forms of metamorphosis

plural

metamorphoses

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about metamorphosis

What does metamorphosis mean?

metamorphosis means "the marked and rapid transformation of a larva into an adult that occurs in some animals". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in metamorphosis?

metamorphosis has 5 syllables: met-a-mor-pho-sis. The stress falls on "mor". In IPA it is /ˌmɛtəˈmɔɹfəsəs/.

What is another word for metamorphosis?

Close synonyms include metabolism, transfiguration. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is metamorphosis a common word?

metamorphosis is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.