lifeform

L1I1F4E1F4O1R1M3

noun

Any specific living organism.

OriginEnglish form ← Middle English lyf ← Old English līf →
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Meanings

nounlifeform (plural lifeforms)

plural lifeforms · alternative life form · alternative life-form

  1. Any specific living organism.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*leyp-
  2. Proto-Germanic*lībaną
  3. Proto-Germanic*lībą
  4. Proto-West Germanic*līb
  5. Old Englishlīf
  6. Middle Englishlyf
  7. Englishlife
  8. Englishform
  9. Englishlifeform

From life + form.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 生命形式
  • 生命形式 (shēngmìng xíngshì)living organism
Dutch levensvorm
  • levensvormliving organism
Finnish elämänmuoto
  • elämänmuotoliving organism
French forme de vie
  • forme de vieliving organism
German Lebensform
  • Lebensformliving organism
Irish beathachruth, foirm bheatha
  • beathachruthliving organism
  • foirm bheathaliving organism
Japanese 生命体
  • 生命体 (seimeitai)living organism
Polish forma życia
  • forma życialiving organism
Portuguese forma de vida
  • forma de vidaliving organism
Spanish forma de vida, forma vital
  • forma de vidaliving organism
  • forma vitalliving organism
Swedish livsform
  • livsformliving organism

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

feliform
Cite this entry
APA

lifeform. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lifeform

MLA

“lifeform.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lifeform. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lifeform,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lifeform.

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