forma

From Latin fōrma.

forma m (plural formes)

1. shape, form

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin fōrma.

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

forma f (plural formes)

1. form; shape

• formar

• “forma” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Borrowed from Latin fōrma.

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

forma f

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

• formička

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

• morfa

forma

1. third-person singular past historic of former

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese forma (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin fōrma. Cognate with Portuguese forma and Spanish horma.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoɾma̝/

forma m (plural formas)

1. form, shape
2. mold, cast
3. button

   Synonym: botón

4. shoe tree

• formal
• formar

• “forma” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “forma” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “forma” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “forma” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “forma” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈformɒ]

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• Hyphenation: for‧ma

forma (plural formák)

1. form
2. shape

• alak

• formájú
• formál
• formás
• formátlan
• formáz

(Compound words):

• egyforma
• életforma
• formatervezés
• formatervező

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔrma/
• Rhymes: -ɔrma

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

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

forma

1. form, shape

forma (plural formas)

1. form

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

forma f (plural forme)

1. form
2. shape
3. mould

• formaggio
• formale
• formare
• formula
• in forma

forma

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

From Latin fōrma.

forma f (plural formes)

1. form
2. shape

• fōrm. (abbreviation)

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 formīdō.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfoːr.ma/

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fōrma f (genitive fōrmae); first declension

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

First-declension noun.

• (map): charta, tabula

• fōrmālis
• fōrmō
• fōrmōsus
• prō fōrmā

• fōrmōsē
• fōrmōsitās

• 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

• f. (abbreviation)

Borrowed from Latin forma.

fòrma f (plural fòrmos) stress pattern 1

1. form

• (of noun) formen m
• (of verb) formet

forma f

1. definite feminine singular of form

forma

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

forma f

1. definite singular of form

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈformɑ/, [ˈforˠmɑ]

forma

1. first

Borrowed from Latin forma.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔr.ma/

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forma f

1. form

Borrowed (in this set of senses) from Latin fōrma (“form”), probably from Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ). See etymology 2 below for the inherited senses.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɾ.mɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔʁ.mɐ/

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)

• (structure or disposition): estrutura, disposição
• (geometrical shape): figura
• (manner): maneira, jeito
• (inflected form): flexão
• (formation): formação

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

• fôrma

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfoɾ.mɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfoʁ.mɐ/

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)

• (type): tipo

• letra de forma

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɾ.mɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔʁ.mɐ/

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

Borrowed from French former, Latin formare.

• IPA^(key): [forˈma]

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

Forms of the above word.

• IPA^(key): [forˈma]

forma

1. third-person singular imperfect indicative of forma

Forms of the noun formă.

• IPA^(key): [ˈforma]

forma

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of formă

Borrowed from Latin fōrma.

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

fȏrma f (Cyrillic spelling фо̑рма)

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

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

forma f (plural formas)

1. shape; form; figure
2. way; manner
3. basis; method

• formal
• formar

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.

• “forma” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

form +‎ -a

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forma

1. to shape, give form

• formare
• formning
• utforma