formality
English
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) The state of being formal.
- Something said or done as a matter of form.
- A customary ritual without new or unique meaning.
- countable A specific requirement for obtaining a legal status, conducting a transaction, etc.
Etymology
Suffix from English formal.
Origin
English
formal
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- formal English
- formalish English
- formalism English
- formalist English
- formalization English
- formalize English
- formally English
- formalness English
- formalwear English
- hyperformal English
- informal English
- microformal English
- nonformal English
- overformal English
- postformal English
- pseudoformal English
- semiformal English
- semiformality English
- unformal English
- formalis Latin
- formalitas Latin
- formaliteit Dutch, Flemish
- formal French
- formalité French
- formel Middle English
- פורמלי Hebrew (modern)