Morfologiche

Morfologiche is the feminine plural form of the Italian adjective morfologico, meaning morphological. It describes form, structure, or shape and agrees with feminine plural nouns, as in “caratteristiche morfologiche” or “componenti morfologiche.”

Etymology: The term derives from morfologia, morphology, which in turn comes from Greek morphe, form, and -logia, study of. In Italian, morfologia denotes the study or description of form, and morfologico yields morfologiche when modifying feminine plural nouns.

In linguistics, morfologiche refers to aspects of word formation and inflection. It is used in phrases such as “analisi morfologica,” and “morfologia derivazionale” or “morfologia flessiva” to distinguish derivational and inflectional morphology. The term helps describe how words change form to reflect tense, number, gender, or case.

In biology and related sciences, “caratteristiche morfologiche” describe external and internal form and structure, such as leaf shape, bone configuration, or cellular morphology. Descriptions of species often include a section on morphological characteristics, which can aid in identification and classification.

Usage notes: Since it is an adjective, morfologiche must agree with the noun it modifies in gender and number. The masculine plural form is morfologici, and the singular forms are morfologico (masc. sing.) and morfologica (fem. sing.).

See also: morfologia; morfologico; morfometria.