# forma
## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin fōrma.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfoɾma/ [ˈfoɾ.ma]
* Rhymes: -oɾma
* Syllabification: for‧ma

### Noun

forma m (plural formes)
* shape, form

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

Ultimately from Latin fōrma.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

forma (definite accusative formanı, plural formalar)
* shape, form
    Synonym: şəkil
* uniform (especially of school uniform)
    məktəb forması ― school uniform
* (grammar) mood

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “forma” in Obastan.com.

## Basque
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish forma.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /forma/ [for.ma]
* Rhymes: -orma, -a
* Hyphenation: for‧ma

### Noun

forma inan
* form, shape

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “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

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈfor.mə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈfoɾ.ma]
* Rhymes: -oɾma
* Hyphenation: for‧ma

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin fōrma.

#### Noun

forma f (plural formes)
* form; shape

##### Related terms

* formar
* -forme

#### References

* “forma” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “forma”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “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.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

forma
* inflection of formar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech forma, from Latin fōrma.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈforma]
* Rhymes: -orma
* Hyphenation: for‧ma

### Noun

forma f
* form, shape
* mold/mould (for shaping a fluid or plastic substance)

#### Derived terms

* formička

#### Related terms

* 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

### Further reading

* “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), 2008–2025

### Anagrams

* morfa

## French
### Verb

forma
* third-person singular past historic of former

## Galician
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfoɾma/ [ˈfoɾ.mɐ]
* Rhymes: -oɾma
* Hyphenation: for‧ma

### Noun

forma f (plural formas)
* form, shape
* mold, cast
* cake tin
* button
    Synonym: botón
* shoe tree

#### Related terms

* formal
* formar

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “forma”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “forma”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (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

## Hungarian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈformɒ]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: for‧ma
* Rhymes: -mɒ

### Noun

forma (plural formák)
* form
* shape

#### Synonyms

* alak

#### Derived terms

* formai
* formájú
* formál
* formás
* formátlan
* formáz
* egyforma
* életforma
* formabontó
* formatervezés
* formatervező
* süteményforma

### References

* ↑ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

### Further reading

* 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

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɔrma/
* Rhymes: -ɔrma

### Verb

forma (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative formaði, supine formað)
* to form, to shape [with accusative]

#### Conjugation
## Indonesian
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fōrma (“form”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfɔrma]
* Hyphenation: for‧ma

### Noun

forma (uncountable)
* (biology, taxonomy) form: an infraspecific rank

### Further reading

* “forma” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Ingrian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian форма (forma).

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

forma
* 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), 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.
* (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?

#### Derived terms

* formain
* kysymysforma
* käskyforma
* partitivaforma

### References

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

## Interlingua
### Noun

forma (plural formas)
* form

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfor.ma/
* Rhymes: -orma
* Hyphenation: fór‧ma

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

forma f (plural forme)
* form
* shape
* mould/mold

##### Related terms

* formaggio
* formale
* formare
* formula
* in forma

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

forma
* inflection of formare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Ladin
### Etymology

From Latin fōrma.

### Noun

forma f (plural formes)
* form
* shape

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* fōrm. (abbreviation)

### Etymology

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”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈfoːr.ma/, [ˈfoːrmä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈfor.ma/, [ˈfɔrmä]

### Noun

fōrma f (genitive fōrmae); first declension
* form; figure, shape, appearance
    Synonyms: habitus, faciēs, species, frons
** 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.”)
* fine form; beauty
* outline, plan, design
* model, pattern, stamp, mold
    Synonyms: charta, tabula
* (figurative) manner, kind, sort

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Derived terms

* cōnfōrmis
* dēfōrmis
* fōrmāceus
* fōrmālis
* fōrmaster
* fōrmāticum
* fōrmella
* fōrmō
* fōrmōsus
* fōrmula
* īnfōrmis
* prō fōrmā

#### Descendants

* Catalan: forma
* Friulian: forme
* Italian: forma
* Old French: forme
** Middle French: forme
*** French: forme (see there for further descendants)
** → Middle English: forme
*** English: form (see there for further descendants)
* Old Galician-Portuguese: [Term?]
** Galician: forma
** Portuguese: forma
* Sardinian: forma
* Sicilian: furma
* Romansch: furma, fuorma
* Spanish: horma
* → Danish: form
** → Romanian: formă
* → 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
* → Spanish: forma
** → Cebuano: hulma
* → Swedish: form

### 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 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.
* "forma" in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* "forma" in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) 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, volumes 3: D–F, page 713
* Palmer, L.R. (1906) The Latin Language, London, Faber and Faber
* ↑ 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 233-4

## Lithuanian
### Alternative forms

* f. (abbreviation)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin forma.

### Noun

fòrma f (plural fòrmos) stress pattern 1
* form

#### Declension
## Maltese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɔr.ma/

### Noun

forma f (plural forom)
* form, shape
    Synonym: għamla
* mould

#### Derived terms

* formali

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

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

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

forma f
* definite feminine singular of form

### Verb

forma
* inflection of forme:
** simple past
** past participle

### Anagrams

* a-form, amorf, omfar

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

forma f
* definite singular of form

## Old Czech
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fōrma.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (13th CE) /ˈforma/
* IPA: (15th CE) /ˈforma/

### Noun

forma f
* form; appearance
* form; shape
* former, creator
* form (state of some event)
* form, template, pattern
* form, model
* mandatory procedure, fixed succession of individual parts
* (religion) formula (set phrasing)
* (religion) spiritual essence
* (philosophy) image in the mind, ideal mental image

#### Descendants

* Czech: forma

### References

* ↑ 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
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfor.mɑ/, [ˈforˠ.mɑ]

### Numeral

forma
* first

### Adjective

forma
* 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.

#### Descendants

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

## Old Polish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (10th–15th CE) /fɔrma/
* IPA: (15th CE) /fɔrma/

### Noun

forma f
* form (external shape)
** Middle of the 15th century, Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa‎, page 198:Pokazal szye byl (sc. szatan) ve czlovyeczym vyobrazenyv... Vyerzycz tesch temv mamy, yze byl przyąl czlovyeka formą na szye (credendus est autem diabolus hominis assumpsisse formam), v ktorey by mogl boga vznacz albo szye s nym vmovycz[Pokazał sie był (sc. szatan) we człowieczym wyobrażeniu... Wierzyć też temu mamy, iże był przyjął człowieka formę na sie (credendus est autem diabolus hominis assumpsisse formam), w ktorej by mogł Boga uznać albo sie s nim umowić]
** 1922 [End of the 14th century], Jan Łoś, editor, Początki piśmiennictwa polskiego. (Przegląd zabytków językowych)‎, 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]]
* (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 106:Vstawyami czlonky nyzey popyssane pot thąn formąn, yako sąn nyzey (articulos statuimus... sub hac forma, quae sequitur)[Ustawiamy członki niżej popisane pod tą formą, jako są niżej (articulos statuimus... sub hac forma, quae sequitur)]

#### Descendants

* Polish: forma
** → Kashubian: fòrma
* Silesian: forma

### References

* ↑ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “forma”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
* ↑ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “forma”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎ (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
* ↑ 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
   * 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

## Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish forma.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɔr.ma/
* (Middle Polish) IPA: /ˈfɔr.ma/
* (Masovia):
** (Far Masovian) IPA: /ˈfɔr.ma/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔrma
* Syllabification: for‧ma

### Noun

forma f (diminutive foremka, related adjective formowy)
* form (one of the ways in which something appears; appearance; manifestation)
    Synonyms: kształt, postać
* (literary) form (way in which a work is constructed)
* (literary) form (specific type of works of art perceived due to their external structure or structure and a set of typical artistic means)
* cast, mold, cake tin (kitchenware used for shaping batter or something similar)
    Synonym: blacha
* (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
* (grammar) form (particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech)
* (sciences) form (living organisms or products of nature characterized by a set of common features)
* state, shape (physical or mental conidition)
    Synonyms: kondycja, samopoczucie
* shape (condition of personal health, especially muscular health)
    Synonym: kondycja
    w formie ― in shape
* form (arrangement of coordinated elements)
    Synonyms: system, układ
* mold (hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance)
* (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)
* (mathematics) uniform polynomial
* (printing) template (set of printing elements prepared for printing)
* (obsolete) pretend, act (something done for show)
* (obsolete) box placed in the focus on a bellows nozzle; opening in a furnace
* (obsolete, crystallography) form (combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol)
* (obsolete, Roman Catholicism) choirstall
    Synonym: stalle
* (chiefly in the plural) form (manner of conduct and behavior resulting from social conventions)
    Synonym: etykieta
* (Far Masovian) horn button

#### Derived terms

* 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

#### Descendants

* → Kashubian: fòrma

### Trivia

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.

### References

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

### Further reading

* forma in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* forma in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* 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], 15.09.2008
* Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “forma”, in Słownik języka polskiego
* Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “forma”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “forma”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 761
* Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “forma”, in “O języku ludowym w powiecie przasnyskim”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 107

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

In this set of senses, a learned borrowing from Latin fōrma (“form”), probably from Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ). See Etymology 2 below for the inherited senses.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɔʁ.mɐ/ [ˈfɔɦ.mɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɔʁ.mɐ/ [ˈfɔɦ.mɐ]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈfɔɾ.mɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈfɔʁ.mɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɔɻ.ma/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈfɔɾ.mɐ/
* Hyphenation: for‧ma

#### Noun

forma f (plural formas)
* form; shape (the visible structure of a thing)
    Synonyms: estrutura, disposição
* (geometry) shape; figure (a geometric object)
    Synonym: figura
* form (a conventional method way of doing something)
    Synonyms: maneira, jeito
* (grammar) form (each of the possible inflections of a lexeme)
    Synonym: flexão
* (military) formation (alignment of troops)
    Synonym: formação

##### Derived terms

* 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

##### Related terms

* deformar
* formação
* formado
* formal
* formar
* formato
* formoso
* reforma
* reformar

### Etymology 2

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

#### Alternative forms

* fôrma

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfoʁ.mɐ/ [ˈfoɦ.mɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfoʁ.mɐ/ [ˈfoɦ.mɐ]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈfoɾ.mɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈfoʁ.mɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈfoɻ.ma/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈfoɾ.mɐ/
* Hyphenation: for‧ma

#### Noun

forma f (plural formas)
* tin (metal pan used for baking)
* mould (hollow object into which a liquid is poured so that it solidifies into a specific shape)
* (typography) type; sort (block used to print a character)
    Synonym: tipo

##### Derived terms

* letra de forma

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɔʁ.mɐ/ [ˈfɔɦ.mɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɔʁ.mɐ/ [ˈfɔɦ.mɐ]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈfɔɾ.mɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈfɔʁ.mɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈfɔɻ.ma/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈfɔɾ.mɐ/
* Hyphenation: for‧ma

#### Verb

forma
* inflection of formar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Romanian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French former, Latin formare.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [forˈma]

#### Verb

a forma (third-person singular present formează, past participle format) 1st conjugation
* (transitive) to form, to create, to make
* (transitive, of elements) to form, to make up

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

Forms of the above word.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [forˈma]

#### Verb

forma
* third-person singular imperfect indicative of forma

### Etymology 3

Forms of the noun formă.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈforma]

#### Noun

forma
* definite nominative/accusative singular of formă

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fōrma.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fôːrma/
* Hyphenation: for‧ma

### Noun

fȏrma f (Cyrillic spelling фо̑рма)
* form, shape
* form, condition
* formality

#### Declension
## Silesian
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish forma.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɔr.ma/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔrma
* Syllabification: for‧ma

### Noun

forma f
* form (one of the ways in which something appears; appearance; manifestation)
** 2019–2020, Waldemar Szymczyk, editor, Pōnbōczkowi Świyczka‎, →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.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfoɾma/ [ˈfoɾ.ma]
* Rhymes: -oɾma
* Syllabification: for‧ma

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

forma f (plural formas)
* shape; form; figure
* way; manner
    ¡Tiene que haber otra forma!There has to be another way!
* basis; method
    Synonyms: base, método

##### Derived terms

* 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

##### Related terms

* formal
* formar

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

forma
* inflection of formar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “forma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Etymology

form +‎ -a

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

forma (present formar, preterite formade, supine format, imperative forma)
* to shape, give form

#### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

#### Related terms

* formare
* formning
* utforma

### Further reading

* forma in Svensk ordbok.

### Anagrams

* amorf

## Turkish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /foɾˈma/
* Hyphenation: for‧ma

### Noun

forma (definite accusative formayı, plural formalar)
* form, shape
    Synonyms: biçim, şekil
* Matching clothes worn to indicate affiliation to a group; uniform, jersey, livery.
    Synonym: üniforma
* (printing) A 16-page section of a book printed on a single sheet of paper; a signature.

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
forma
formalar
definite accusative
formayı
formaları
dative
formaya
formalara
locative
formada
formalarda
ablative
formadan
formalardan
genitive
formanın
formaların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
formam
formalarım
2nd singular
forman
formaların
3rd singular
forması
formaları
1st plural
formamız
formalarımız
2nd plural
formanız
formalarınız
3rd plural
formaları
formaları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
formamı
formalarımı
2nd singular
formanı
formalarını
3rd singular
formasını
formalarını
1st plural
formamızı
formalarımızı
2nd plural
formanızı
formalarınızı
3rd plural
formalarını
formalarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
formama
formalarıma
2nd singular
formana
formalarına
3rd singular
formasına
formalarına
1st plural
formamıza
formalarımıza
2nd plural
formanıza
formalarınıza
3rd plural
formalarına
formalarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
formamda
formalarımda
2nd singular
formanda
formalarında
3rd singular
formasında
formalarında
1st plural
formamızda
formalarımızda
2nd plural
formanızda
formalarınızda
3rd plural
formalarında
formalarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
formamdan
formalarımdan
2nd singular
formandan
formalarından
3rd singular
formasından
formalarından
1st plural
formamızdan
formalarımızdan
2nd plural
formanızdan
formalarınızdan
3rd plural
formalarından
formalarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
formamın
formalarımın
2nd singular
formanın
formalarının
3rd singular
formasının
formalarının
1st plural
formamızın
formalarımızın
2nd plural
formanızın
formalarınızın
3rd plural
formalarının
formalarının :

#### Derived terms

* forma başlık

#### Related terms

* kostüm
* takım

### References

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

### Further reading

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