forma

Asturian

Noun

forma m (plural formes)

  1. shape, form

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin fōrma.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /ˈfoɾ.mə/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /ˈfor.mə/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈfoɾ.ma/

Noun

forma f (plural formes)

  1. form; shape

Further reading

Czech

Etymology

Latin fōrma

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈforma]
  • Rhymes: -orma
  • Hyphenation: for‧ma

Noun

forma f

  1. form, shape
  2. mold (US), mould (UK) (for shaping a fluid or plastic substance)

Declension

Derived terms

  • formička

Further reading

  • forma in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • forma in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Anagrams

  • morfa

French

Verb

forma

  1. third-person singular past historic of former

Galician

Noun

forma f (plural formas)

  1. shape, form

Hungarian

Etymology

From Latin forma, perhaps from Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “shape, figure”), via Etruscan. [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈformɒ]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: for‧ma

Noun

forma (plural formák)

  1. form
  2. shape

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative forma formák
accusative formát formákat
dative formának formáknak
instrumental formával formákkal
causal-final formáért formákért
translative formává formákká
terminative formáig formákig
essive-formal formaként formákként
essive-modal — —
inessive formában formákban
superessive formán formákon
adessive formánál formáknál
illative formába formákba
sublative formára formákra
allative formához formákhoz
elative formából formákból
delative formáról formákról
ablative formától formáktól
Possessive forms of forma
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. formám formáim
2nd person sing. formád formáid
3rd person sing. formája formái
1st person plural formánk formáink
2nd person plural formátok formáitok
3rd person plural formájuk formáik

Synonyms

Derived terms

(Compound words):

References

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔrma/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrma

Verb

forma (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative formaði, supine formað)

  1. (transitive, with accusative) to form, to shape

Conjugation

formast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur)		 að formast
supine
(sagnbót)		 formast
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		 formandist **
** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
indicative
(framsöguháttur)		 subjunctive
(viðtengingarháttur)
present
(nútíð)		 ég formast við formumst present
(nútíð)		 ég formist við formumst
þú formast þið formist þú formist þið formist
hann, hún, það formast þeir, þær, þau formast hann, hún, það formist þeir, þær, þau formist
past
(þátíð)		 ég formaðist við formuðumst past
(þátíð)		 ég formaðist við formuðumst
þú formaðist þið formuðust þú formaðist þið formuðust
hann, hún, það formaðist þeir, þær, þau formuðust hann, hún, það formaðist þeir, þær, þau formuðust
imperative
(boðháttur)		 formast (þú) formist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
formastu formisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Interlingua

Noun

forma (plural formas)

  1. form

Italian

Etymology

From Latin forma, from Ancient Greek μόρφη (mórphē); see Latin entry.

Noun

forma f (plural forme)

  1. form
  2. shape
  3. mould

Verb

forma

  1. third-person singular present indicative of formare
  2. second-person singular imperative of formare

Ladin

Noun

forma f (plural formes)

  1. form
  2. shape

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from some Etruscan *morma, from Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “shape, fashion, appearance, outward form, contour, figure”); dissimilated, f-m < m-m, as formīca and possibly as formidō.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfoːr.ma/
  • Audio (Classical)(file)

Noun

fōrma f (genitive fōrmae); first declension

  1. shape; figure; form
  2. appearance
  3. beauty
  4. a map

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative fōrma fōrmae
genitive fōrmae fōrmārum
dative fōrmae fōrmīs
accusative fōrmam fōrmās
ablative fōrmā fōrmīs
vocative fōrma fōrmae

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • forma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • forma in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • forma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • forma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • an ideal: undique expleta et perfecta forma
    • an ideal: species optima or eximia, specimen, also simply species, forma
    • the construction: constructio, structura verborum, forma dicendi
    • the constitution: forma rei publicae
    • to make Asia into a Roman province: Asiam in provinciae formam (in provinciam) redigere (B. G. 1. 45)
    • (ambiguous) to draw geometrical figures: formas (not figuras) geometricas describere
  • forma in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • forma in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • forma in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  • Palmer, L.R. (1906) The Latin Language, London, Faber and Faber

Lithuanian

Alternative forms

  • f. (abbreviation)

Noun

fòrma f (plural fòrmos) stress pattern 1

  1. form

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

forma f

  1. definite feminine singular of form

Verb

forma

  1. simple past of forme
  2. past participle of forme

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

forma f

  1. definite singular of form

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *frumô, superlative form of *fura ( > English fore). Cognate with Old Saxon formo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈformɑ/, [ˈforˠmɑ]

Adjective

forma

  1. first

Declension

Weak only
case singular plural
m n f
nominative forma forme forme forman
accusative forman forme forman
genitive forman formra, formena
dative forman formum

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔr.ma/
  • audio(file)

Noun

forma f

  1. form

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin fōrma (“form”), ultimately from Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ).

Pronunciation

Noun

forma f (plural formas)

  1. form; shape (the visible structure of a thing)
  2. (geometry) shape; figure (a geometric object)
  3. form (a conventional method way of doing something)
  4. (grammar) form (each of the possible inflections of a lexeme)
  5. (military) formation (alignment of troops)
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Portuguese forma, from Latin fōrma (“form”), ultimately from Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

forma f (plural formas)

  1. tin (metal pan used for baking)
  2. mould (hollow object into which a liquid is poured so that it solidifies into a specific shape)
  3. (typography) type; sort (block used to print a character)
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • letra de forma

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Verb

forma

  1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of formar
  2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of formar

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French former.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [forˈma]

Verb

a forma (third-person singular present formează, past participle format) 1st conj.

  1. (transitive) to form, to create, to make
  2. (transitive, of elements) to form, to make up
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Forms of the above word.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [forˈma]

Verb

forma

  1. third-person singular imperfect indicative of forma.

Etymology 3

Forms of the noun formă.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈforma]

Noun

forma

  1. definite singular nominative and accusative form of formă.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fôːrma/
  • Hyphenation: for‧ma

Noun

fȏrma f (Cyrillic spelling фо̑рма)

  1. form, shape
  2. form, condition
  3. formality

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin forma, from Ancient Greek μόρφα (mórpha); see Latin entry. Compare the inherited doublet horma.

Noun

forma f (plural formas)

  1. shape; form

Verb

forma

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of formar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of formar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of formar.

References

Swedish

Etymology

form +‎ -a

Pronunciation

  • audio(file)

Verb

forma

  1. to shape, give form

Conjugation

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