Pitkämuotoinen

Pitkämuotoinen is a Finnish adjective meaning elongated or long-shaped. It is formed by combining pitkä, meaning “long,” with muotoinen, meaning “shaped” or “in the form of,” and is typically written as a single word. The term describes objects or forms whose length is emphasized relative to their other dimensions.

The word is used in descriptive language across domains such as architecture, design, biology, and anatomy to indicate an elongated form. Examples include pitkämuotoinen laatta (a long-shaped tile), pitkämuotoinen putki (an elongated tube), or pitkämuotoinen solu (an elongated cell). In scientific or technical writing, it may appear in discussions of morphology and form, where precise shape descriptors are needed.

Grammar and inflection follow standard Finnish adjective patterns. Singular nominative: pitkämuotoinen; plural nominative: pitkämuotoiset; genitive singular: pitkämuotoisen; partitive forms: pitkämuotoista (singular) or pitkämuotoisia (plural). The compound is commonly used to qualify nouns directly, and its forms agree with the noun they modify in number and case.

Notes and alternatives: pitkämuotoinen is a relatively neutral, descriptive term and may be replaced by related descriptors such as pitkulainen (elongated or slender) or neliönmuotoinen (square-shaped) depending on the context. It is more likely to appear in technical or formal text than in everyday speech.

See also: muotoinen, neliönmuotoinen, pitkulainen.