forma

From Latin fōrma.

forma m (plural formes)

1. shape, form

Ultimately from Latin fōrma.

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forma (definite accusative formanı, plural formalar)

1. shape, form

   Synonym: şəkil

2. uniform (especially of school uniform)

   məktəb forması ― school uniform

3. (grammar) mood

• “forma” in Obastan.com.

Borrowed from Spanish forma.

• IPA^(key): /forma/, [fo̞r.ma]

forma inan

1. form, shape

• "forma" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
• “forma” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Borrowed 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.
• “forma”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “forma” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “forma” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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)

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

• morfa

forma

1. third-person singular past historic of former

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoɾma̝/

forma f (plural formas)

1. form, shape
2. mold, cast
3. cake tin
4. button

   Synonym: botón

5. shoe tree

• formal
• formar

• “forma” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “forma” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “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
• Rhymes: -mɒ

forma (plural formák)

1. form
2. shape

• alak

• forma in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔrma/
• Rhymes: -ɔrma

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

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

Learned borrowing from Latin fōrma (“form”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɔrma]
• Hyphenation: for‧ma

forma (first-person possessive formaku, second-person possessive formamu, third-person possessive formanya)

1. (biology, taxonomy) form: an infraspecific rank.

• “forma” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Russian форма (forma).

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈformɑ/, [ˈfo̞rm]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈformɑ/, [ˈfo̞rmɑ]
• Rhymes: -orm, -ormɑ
• Hyphenation: for‧ma

forma

1. form, shape
   • 1936, L. G. Terehova; V. G. Erdeli, Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, transl., Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 3:

     Töö saatta tiitä kuin suur ono maa, millaist hää ono formaa ja mitä ono hänen pääl.

     You will get to know how the earth is big, what kind of shape it is and what is on top of it.

2. (grammar) form
   • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 31:

     Forma "metsääs" vastajaa kysymyksee mis? kus?

     The form "metsääs" answers the question where?

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 39

forma (plural formas)

1. form

• IPA^(key): /ˈfor.ma/
• Rhymes: -orma
• Hyphenation: fór‧ma

From Latin forma, from Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ); see Latin entry.

forma f (plural forme)

1. form
2. shape
3. mould/mold

• formaggio
• formale
• formare
• formula
• in forma

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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/, [ˈfoːrmä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfor.ma/, [ˈfɔrmä]

fōrma f (genitive fōrmae); first declension

1. form; figure, shape, appearance
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.71-72:

     “Sunt mihi bis septem praestantī corpore nymphae,
     quārum quae fōrmā pulcherrima Dēiopēa.”

     “I have twice-seven nymphs, [each] with a gorgeous body, of whom [the nymph] who [has] the most beautiful figure [is] Deiopea.”
     (Juno attempts to bribe Aeolus with an arranged marriage. Notes: The dative of possession “sunt mihi” means “they are for me” or simply “I have.” The ablative of quality “praestanti corpore” here is singular despite the plural “nymphae.” The ablative of specification “forma” here means “with respect to appearance.”)

   Synonyms: habitus, faciēs, species, frons

2. fine form; beauty
3. outline, plan, design
4. model, pattern, stamp, mold

   Synonyms: charta, tabula

5. (figurative) manner, kind, sort

First-declension noun.

• “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “forma”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3: D–F, page 713
• 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

Borrowed from Sicilian furma and/or Italian forma, both from Latin forma.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔr.ma/

forma f (plural forom)

1. form, shape

   Synonym: għamla

2. mould

• (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

• a-form, amorf, omfar

forma f

1. definite singular of form

From Proto-Germanic *frumô. Cognate with Old Saxon formo and Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌰 (fruma).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfor.mɑ/, [ˈforˠ.mɑ]

forma

1. first

• Inherited:
  • Middle English: frome
  • Middle English: frume

Borrowed from Latin forma.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔr.ma/

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• Rhymes: -ɔrma
• Syllabification: for‧ma

forma f (diminutive foremka)

1. form, shape
2. form, condition
3. cast, mold, cake tin

• forma in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• forma in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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

• Hyphenation: for‧ma

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

• fôrma

• Hyphenation: for‧ma

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)

   Synonym: tipo

• letra de forma

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• Hyphenation: for‧ma

forma

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoɾma/ [ˈfoɾ.ma]
• Rhymes: -oɾma
• Syllabification: for‧ma

forma f (plural formas)

1. shape; form; figure
2. way; manner

   ¡Tiene que haber otra forma!

   There has to be another way!

3. basis; method

forma

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

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

form +‎ -a

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forma (present formar, preterite formade, supine format, imperative forma)

1. to shape, give form

• formare
• formning
• utforma

• forma in Svensk ordbok.

• amorf

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish فورمه‎ (forma, “a compositor's form”)[1], from Italian forma or French format[2].

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

forma (definite accusative formayı, plural formalar)

1. form, shape

   Synonyms: biçim, şekil

2. Matching clothes worn to indicate affiliation to a group; uniform, jersey, livery.

   Synonym: üniforma

3. (printing) A 16-page section of a book printed on a single sheet of paper; a signature.

• forma in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “forma”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1608