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Learned borrowing from New Latin fōrma. Doublet of form.

• enPR: fôr′mə
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɔː.mə/
• (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈfoɹ.mə/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈfoː.mə/
• (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɾ.mə/, /ˈfɔɾ.mʌ/
• (India) IPA(key): /ˈfɔː(ɾ).ma/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)mə
• Hyphenation: for‧ma

forma (plural formae or (archaic) formæ or formas)

1. (philosophy) Synonym of form (“the component of a thing that determines its kind”).

• “forma, n.”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “form-, -form, forma-, format-”, in Word Information: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements‎[3], 29 March 2026 (last accessed), archived from the original on 22 August 2019

From Latin fōrma.

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

forma m (plural formes)

1. shape, form

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “forma”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “forma”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN

Ultimately from Latin fōrma.

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/ [for.ma]
• Rhymes: -orma, -a
• Hyphenation: for‧ma

forma inan

1. form, shape

• “forma”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “forma”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
• IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfor.mə]
• IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈfoɾ.ma]
• Rhymes: -oɾma
• Hyphenation: for‧ma

Borrowed from Latin fōrma.

forma f (plural formes)

1. form; shape

• formar
• -forme
• “forma”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “forma”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “forma” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “forma”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

forma

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

Inherited from Old Czech forma, from Latin fōrma.

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

forma f

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

• formička

• deformace

• deformovat

• dezinformace

• dezinformátor

• dezinformovat

• formace

• formalismus

• formalista

• formalistický

• formativní

• formální

• formovat

• formulace

• formulář

• formule

• formulka

• formulovat

• informace

• informant

• informatik

• informatika

• informátor

• informovat

• konformismus

• konformista

• konformní

• reforma

• reformace

• reformátor

• reformovat

• transformace

• transformátor

• transformovat

• uniforma

• uniformita

• uniformní

• uniformovaný

• “forma”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957

• “forma”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

• “forma”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

• 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): /ˈfoɾma/ [ˈfoɾ.mɐ]
• Rhymes: -oɾma
• Hyphenation: for‧ma

forma f (plural formas)

1. form, shape
2. mold, cast
3. cake tin
4. button
   Synonym: botón
5. shoe tree

• formal
• formar
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “forma”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “forma”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “forma”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “forma”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “forma”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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

• IPA(key): [ˈformɒ]
• Rhymes: -mɒ
• Hyphenation: for‧ma

forma (plural formák)

1. form
2. shape

• alak

• formai

• formaság

• formájú

• formál

• formás

• formátlan

• formáz

• egyforma

• életforma

• formabontó

• formatervezés

• formatervező

• süteményforma

1. ^ István Tótfalusi (2005), Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára [A Storehouse of Foreign Words: An Explanatory and Etymological Dictionary of Foreign Words], Budapest: Tinta, →ISBN

• forma in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (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. to form, to shape [_with_ accusative]

Learned borrowing from Latin fōrma (“form”).

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

forma (plural **forma-forma)

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

• “forma”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of 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, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa) [Geography: textbook for Ingrian elementary school third grade (first part)], 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[4], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 31:
     Forma "metsääs" vastajaa kysymyksee mis? kus?
     The form "metsääs" answers the question where?

• formain

• kysymysforma

• käskyforma

• partitivaforma

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

Borrowed from English form, French forme, Italian fórma, Spanish forma and Portuguese forma; all from Latin fōrma. Compare German Form and Russian фо́рма (fórma).

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

forma (plural formas)

1. form (shape or visible structure)
   esser in forma (sports) ― to be in form
   in debite forma ― in due form

• conformar

• conforme

• deformar

• deforme

• formal

• formar

• formation

• formative

• formato

• formator

• formula

• informar

• informe

• malformation

• multiforme

• reformar

• transformar

• uniforme

• vermiforme

• pro forma

• IPA(key): /ˈfor.ma/

• Rhymes: -orma

• Hyphenation: fór‧ma

Inherited from Latin fōrma.

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 an Etruscan *morma, from Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “shape, fashion, appearance, outward form, contour, figure”), with dissimilation *m-m > *f-m, as seen in formīca (“ant”) and formīdō (“ghost, scarecrow”).[1]

• fōrma:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfoːr.ma]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfɔr.ma]
  • Hyphenation: fōr‧ma
• fōrmā:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfoːr.maː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfɔr.ma]
  • Hyphenation: fōr‧mā

fōrma f (genitive fōrmae); first declension

1. form; figure, shape, appearance
   Synonyms: habitus, faciēs, species, frons
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 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 mihĭ” means “they are for me” or simply “I have.” The ablative of quality “præstantī corpore” here is singular despite the plural “nymphae.” The ablative of specification “forma” here means “with respect to appearance.”)
2. fine form; beauty
   • 2 CE, Ovidius, Ars Amatoria 2.113:
     Fōrma bonum fragile est, quantumque accēdit ad annōs […]
     A frail advantage is beauty, that grows less as time draws on.
3. outline, plan, design
4. model, pattern, stamp, mold
   Synonyms: charta, tabula
5. (figurative) manner, kind, sort

First-declension noun.

• cōnfōrmis

• dēfōrmis

• fōrmāceus

• fōrmālis

• fōrmaster

• fōrmāticum

• fōrmella

• fōrmō

• fōrmōsus

• fōrmula

• īnfōrmis

• prō fōrmā

• Catalan: forma

• Dalmatian: fuorma

• Friulian: forme

• Italian: forma

• Occitan: forma

  • → French: fourme

• > Old Galician-Portuguese: forma (inherited)

  • > Galician: forma (inherited)
  • > Portuguese: forma (inherited)

• Sardinian: forma

• Sicilian: furma

• Romansh: furma, fuorma

• Spanish: horma

• → Danish: form

• → Irish: foirm

• → Old Czech: forma (learned) (see there for further descendants)

• → Old Norse: form

  • Norwegian Bokmål: form

• → Old Polish: forma (learned) (see there for further descendants)

• → Proto-Brythonic: *fʉrβ̃

  • Middle Welsh: ffuruf, ffuryf
    * Welsh: ffurf
  • Old Cornish: furf
    * Cornish: furv

• → Old French: forme, fourme, furme

  • Middle French: forme
    * French: forme
  • Norman: forme
  • → Middle English: forme
    * English: form, forme (printing, otherwise obsolete)
    * → Japanese: フォーム
    * → Korean: 폼 (pom)
    * → Norwegian Bokmål: form
    * Middle Scots: forme, fourme, furme
    * Scots: form; furm

• → Portuguese: forma (learned)

• → Romanian: formă

• → Spanish: forma

  • → Cebuano: hulma

• → Swedish: form

1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 233–234

• “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, 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[5], 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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[6], 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 (would have become forma in older Maltese) and/or Italian fórma, both from Latin fōrma.

• IPA(key): /ˈfɔr.ma/
• Rhymes: -ɔrma
• Hyphenation: for‧ma

forma f (plural forom)

1. form, shape
   Synonym: għamla
2. mould

• formali

• formen m (of noun)

• formet (of verb)

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

Learned borrowing from Latin fōrma.[1]

• IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈforma/
• IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈforma/

forma f

1. form; appearance
2. form; shape
3. former, creator
4. form (state of some event)
5. form, template, pattern
6. form, model
7. mandatory procedure, fixed succession of individual parts
8. (religion) formula (set phrasing)
9. (religion) spiritual essence
10. (philosophy) image in the mind, ideal mental image

• Czech: forma

1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015), “forma”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “forma”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Old English numbers (edit)

| | 10 | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | - | -------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | | | | 1 | 2 → | 10 → | | Cardinal: ān Ordinal: forma Adverbial: ǣne Age: ānwintre Multiplier: ānfeald | | | |

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

• IPA(key): /ˈfor.mɑ/, [ˈforˠ.mɑ]

forma

1. first

forma

1. first
   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
     ⁊ hē [Pirrus] hæfde XX elpenda tō þǣm ġefeohte mid him, þe Rōmane ǣr na ne ne ġesawon: hē wæs sē forma mon þe hīe ǣrest on Italium brōhte.
     And he [Pyrrhus] had twenty elephants with him in battle, which the Romans had never seen before; he was the first man to bring them to Italy.

Declension of forma — Weak only

• Middle English: forme, form, forrme (Ormulum)

Learned borrowing from Latin fōrma. First attested in the end of the 14th century.

• IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /fɔrma/
• IPA(key): (15th CE) /fɔrma/

forma f

1. form (external shape)
   • 1922 [XIV ex.], Jan Łoś, editor, Początki piśmiennictwa polskiego. (Przegląd zabytków językowych)‎[7], page 232:
     [S]wyrzchowanego boga laska, gensze […] koneczna moc vszmerzil gesc, w forme […] obynyono gesc. Druga rzecz gesc, isze […] [obi]nyony wszistki rzeczi w formø sluszeb[ną]
     [[Z]wirzchowanego Boga łaska, jenże […] konieczną moc uśmierzył jeść, w formie […] obiniono jeść. Druga rzecz jeść, iże […] [obi]niony wszystki rzeczi w formę służeb[ną]]
   • 1922 [XIV ex.], Jan Łoś, editor, Początki piśmiennictwa polskiego. (Przegląd zabytków językowych)‎[8], page 232:
     Trzecze naleszona […] [p]rzeszmerna miloscz i wyszmenyta forma
     [Trzecie, naleziona [jeść] […] [p]rzezmierna miłość i wyśmienita forma]
   • Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa‎[9], page 198:
     Pokazal szye byl ve czlovyeczym vyobrazenyv […] Vyerzycz tesch temv mamy, yze byl przyąl czlovyeka formą na szye, v ktorey by mogl boga vznacz albo szye s nym vmovycz
     [Pokazał sie był we człowieczym wyobrażeniu... Wierzyć też temu mamy, iże był przyjął człowieka formę na sie, w ktorej by mogł Boga uznać albo sie s nim umowić]
2. (attested in Masovia) verbal formula (set way of saying something)
   • 1895 [1448–1450], Mikołaj Suled, edited by Franciszek Piekosiński, Tłumaczenia polskie statutów ziemskich, Kodeks Świętosławów, Warka, page 5:
     Gdze skazanye stolcza papyeszkego bi bilo, gemvsz mi zakonv albo obelszenya dacz nye mozemi, chczemi, abi forma przekazanya […] pylnye chowana
     [Gdzie skazanie stolca papieskiego by było, jemuż my zakonu albo obelżenia dać nie możemy, chcemy, aby forma przekazania […] pilnie chowana]
   • 1895 [1448–1450], Mikołaj Suled, edited by Franciszek Piekosiński, Tłumaczenia polskie statutów ziemskich, Kodeks Świętosławów, Warka, page 99:
     Zlem obiczayem bilo trzimano, ze gdi nyektori […] przissyangal […] przes syąn […] , yakoli s pelna forma, […] *vsrzaas albo slowye forma przissyąngi yemu […] przes pyssarza […] powyedzyani albo powy[e]dzyana dostatecznye vymowyl […] , tako wszdi przes wschitky, gysch przi they przissyąndze syedzeli […] , milczano bywalo
     [Złem obyczajem było trzymano, że gdy niektory […] przysięgał […] przez się […] , jakoli z pełna formę, […] wzraz, albo słowie formę przysięgi jemu […] przez pisarza […] powiedziany albo powiedzianą dostatecznie wymowił […] , tako wżdy przez wszytki, jiż przy tej przysiędze siedzieli […] , milczano bywało]

Declension of forma

| | singular | dual | plural | | | ------------ | ---------------------------------------------- | ------ | - | | nominative | forma | — | — | | genitive | — | — | — | | dative | — | — | — | | accusative | formę | — | — | | instrumental | formą | — | — | | locative | formie | — | — | | vocative | — | — | — |

• Polish: forma
  • → Kashubian: fòrma
• Silesian: forma
• Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021), “forma”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
• Dubisz, Stanisław, editor (2003), “forma”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal Dictionary of the Polish Language]‎[10] (in Polish), volumes 1–4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, →ISBN, →OCLC
• Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “forma”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
• Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “forma”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
• Halina Zgółkowa, editor (1994–2005), “forma”, in Praktyczny słownik współczesnej polszczyzny, volumes 1–50, Poznań: Wydawnictwo Kurpisz, →ISBN
• K. Nitsch, editor (1958), “forma”, in Słownik staropolski (in Polish), volume 2, Wrocław, Kraków, Warsaw: Polish Academy of Sciences, page 365
• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “forma”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
• Ewa Deptuchowa, Mariusz Frodyma, Katarzyna Jasińska-Różycka, Magdalena Klapper, Tomasz Kolowca, Dorota Kołodziej, Mariusz Leńczuk, Joanna Duska, Maria Bugajska, Jan German, Beata Hejmo, Iwona Nobis, Dariusz Piwowarczyk, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, editors (2024), “forma”, in Baza Leksykalna Średniowiecznej Polszczyzny [Lexical Base of Medieval Polish] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Old Polish forma

Polish forma

Inherited from Old Polish forma.

• IPA(key): /ˈfɔr.ma/

• (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈfɔr.ma/

• (Masovia):

  • (Far Masovian) IPA(key): [ˈfɔr.ma]

• Rhymes: -ɔrma

• Syllabification: for‧ma

forma f (diminutive foremka, related adjective foremny)

1. form (one of the ways in which something appears; appearance; manifestation)
   Synonyms: kształt, postać
2. (literary) form (way in which a work is constructed)
3. (literary) form (specific type of works of art perceived due to their external structure or structure and a set of typical artistic means)
4. cast, mold, cake tin (kitchenware used for shaping batter or something similar)
   Synonym: blacha
5. (textiles) pattern (paper or cardboard template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto fabric prior to cutting out and assembling)
   Synonym: wykrój
6. (grammar) form (particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech)
7. (sciences) form (living organisms or products of nature characterized by a set of common features)
8. state, shape (physical or mental condition)
   Synonyms: kondycja, samopoczucie
9. shape (condition of personal health, especially muscular health)
   Synonym: kondycja
   w formie ― in shape
10. form (arrangement of coordinated elements)
    Synonyms: system, układ
11. mold (hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance)
12. (philosophy) form (inherent nature of an object; that which the mind itself contributes as the condition of knowing; that in which the essence of a thing consists)
13. (mathematics) uniform polynomial
14. (printing) template (set of printing elements prepared for printing)
15. (chiefly in the plural) form (manner of conduct and behavior resulting from social conventions)
    Synonym: etykieta
16. (Middle Polish) prototype
    Synonym: prototyp
    1. (Middle Polish) type; kind
       Synonyms: gatunek, rodzaj
17. (Far Masovian, Przasnysz County) horn button
18. (obsolete) pretend, act (something done for show)
19. (obsolete) box placed in the focus on a bellows nozzle; opening in a furnace
20. (obsolete, crystallography) form (combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol)
21. (obsolete, Roman Catholicism) choirstall
    Synonym: stalle
22. (obsolete) formula; rite; ceremony; formality
23. (obsolete, Protestantism) form (collection of religious rites among Protestants)
24. (obsolete) template (device for printing canvases called malowanki)
25. (obsolete, metallurgy) form (box mounted in the hearth on a bellows nozzle, and/or ironwork; hole in the furnace into which the nozzle is inserted)
26. (obsolete, minerology) form (solid bounded by a certain number of planes)
27. (obsolete, music) form (structure, arrangement of a musical piece)

• pro forma

• trafić z formą pf, trafiać z formą impf

• wyjść z formy pf, wychodzić z formy impf

• wypaść z formy pf, wypadać z formy impf

• formować impf

• → Kashubian: fòrma

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), forma is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 49 times in scientific texts, 32 times in news, 71 times in essays, 7 times in fiction, and 5 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 164 times, making it the 349th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990), “forma”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków; Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 120

• “forma”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[11] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “formy”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[12] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “forma”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[13] (in Polish)
• Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “forma”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• “FORMA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 15 September 2008
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807), “forma”, in Słownik języka polskiego, volume 1a, page 651
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “forma”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861, volume I, page 320
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “forma”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 761
• Jan Karłowicz (1901), “forma”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 2: F do K, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 24
• Woliński, Marcin; Saloni, Zygmunt; Wołosz, Robert; Gruszczyński, Włodzimierz; Skowrońska, Danuta; Bronk, Zbigniew (2020), “forma”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego [Grammatical Dictionary of Polish]‎[14], 4. online edition, Warszawa

Learned borrowing from Latin fōrma. Doublet of etymology 2, which was inherited.

• (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɔʁ.mɐ/ [ˈfɔɦ.mɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɔʁ.mɐ/ [ˈfɔɦ.mɐ]

  • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɾ.mɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈfɔʁ.mɐ/
  • (Caipira) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɻ.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɔʁ.ma/ [ˈfɔɦ.ma]

• (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɾ.mɐ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔʁmɐ, (Portugal) -ɔɾmɐ

• Hyphenation: for‧ma

forma f (plural formas)

1. form; shape (the visible structure of a thing)
   Synonyms: estrutura, disposição
2. (geometry) shape; figure (a geometric object)
   Synonym: figura
3. form (a conventional method way of doing something)
   Synonyms: maneira, jeito
4. (grammar) form (each of the possible inflections of a lexeme)
   Synonym: flexão
5. (military) formation (alignment of troops)
   Synonym: formação

• de certa forma

• de forma alguma

• de forma nenhuma

• de qualquer forma

• em forma

• forma canónica

• forma de vida

• forma normal

• forma-pensamento

• forma-sonata

• formazinha (diminutive)

• forminha (diminutive)

• pública-forma

• deformar

• formação

• formado

• formal

• formar

• formato

• formoso

• reforma

• reformar

• →? Bengali: ফরম (phorom), ফর্ম (phormo)

• → Gujarati: ફરમો (pharmo)

• ⇒ Marathi: एकफरमा (ekpharmā)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese forma, from Latin fōrma. Doublet of etymology 1, a learned borrowing.

• fôrma

• (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfoʁ.mɐ/ [ˈfoɦ.mɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfoʁ.mɐ/ [ˈfoɦ.mɐ]

  • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈfoɾ.mɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈfoʁ.mɐ/
  • (Caipira) IPA(key): /ˈfoɻ.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfoʁ.ma/ [ˈfoɦ.ma]

• (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈfoɾ.mɐ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -oʁmɐ, (Portugal) -oɾmɐ

• 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.

• (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɔʁ.mɐ/ [ˈfɔɦ.mɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɔʁ.mɐ/ [ˈfɔɦ.mɐ]

  • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɾ.mɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈfɔʁ.mɐ/
  • (Caipira) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɻ.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɔʁ.ma/ [ˈfɔɦ.ma]

• (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈfɔɾ.mɐ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔʁmɐ, (Portugal) -ɔɾmɐ

• Hyphenation: for‧ma

forma

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

• “forma”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “forma”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from French former, Latin formare.

• IPA(key): [forˈma]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: for‧ma

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

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]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: for‧ma

forma

1. third-person singular imperfect indicative of forma

Forms of the noun formă.

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

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

Old Polish forma

Silesian forma

Inherited from Old Polish forma.

• IPA(key): /ˈfɔr.ma/
• Rhymes: -ɔrma
• Syllabification: for‧ma

forma f

1. form (one of the ways in which something appears; appearance; manifestation)
   • 2019–2020, Waldemar Szymczyk, editor, Pōnbōczkowi Świyczka‎[15], →ISBN, archived from the original on 12 November 2022, page 185:
     Nauka zdŏlnŏ – bydōncŏ wszeôbecnōm abo jedynōm na cołkim świecie formōm edukacyje – stŏwŏ sie niymożebnŏ.
     Remote learning — whether it becomes a universal or the sole form of education worldwide — is becoming impossible.
2. state, shape (physical or mental condition)

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• Henryk Jaroszewicz (2022), “forma”, in Zasady pisowni języka śląskiego (in Polish), Siedlce: Wydawnictwo Naukowe IKR[i]BL, page 77
• Eugeniusz Kosmała (2023), Dykcjōnôrz Polsko-Ślonskiy (in Silesian), f, page 66
• IPA(key): /ˈfoɾma/ [ˈfoɾ.ma]
• Rhymes: -oɾma
• Syllabification: for‧ma

Borrowed from Latin fōrma. Compare the inherited doublet horma.

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
   Synonyms: base, método

• abrir la forma

• cobrar forma

• de cualquier forma

• de forma

• de forma que

• de ninguna forma

• de todas formas

• defecto de forma

• en debida forma

• en forma

• en tiempo y forma

• en toda forma

• forma de vida

• forma del sacramento

• forma farmacéutica

• forma no personal

• forma personal

• quebrantamiento de forma

• formal

• formar

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

forma

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

• “forma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

form +‎ -a

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

1. to shape, give form

• formare
• formning
• utforma
• “forma”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• amorf

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

• IPA(key): /foɾˈma/
• Rhymes: -a
• 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 başlık

• kostüm

• takım

1. ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890), “فورمه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1400
2. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “forma”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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