forma
Portuguese
/ˈfɔɾ.mɐ/, /ˈfɔʁ.mɐ/, /ˈfoɾ.mɐ/, /ˈfoʁ.mɐ/, /ˈfɔɾ.mɐ/, /ˈfɔʁ.mɐ/
noun
Definitions
- form; shape the visible structure of a thing
- (geometry) shape; figure a geometric object
- form a conventional method way of doing something
- (grammar) form each of the possible inflections of a lexeme
- (military) formation alignment of troops
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fōrma (form, shape) derived from Ancient Greek μορφή (form, shape, figure, appearance, contour, fashion, outward form, type).
Origin
Ancient Greek
μορφή
Gloss
form, shape, figure, appearance, contour, fashion, outward form, type
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
姿
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -morph English
- -morphic English
- -morphism English
- -morphy English
- morph English
- morpheme English
- morpho- English
- acetabuliformis Latin
- apiformis Latin
- bursiformis Latin
- forma Latin
- formalis Latin
- formo Latin
- formo, formāre, formō Latin
- formosus Latin
- formula Latin
- fōrma Latin
- hamiformis Latin
- Morphologie German
- morphème French
- морфология Russian
- horma Spanish, Castilian
- Μορφεύς Ancient Greek
- μορφή Ancient Greek
- μορφόω Ancient Greek
- μόρφα Ancient Greek
- τετράμορφος Ancient Greek
- ἄμορφος Ancient Greek
- metamorf Norwegian Bokmål
- antiforma Portuguese
- antiformal Portuguese
- metamorf Norwegian Nynorsk
- -morfach Irish
- -morfacht Irish
- foirm Irish
- morfa- Irish
- form Danish
- forma Czech
- morf Czech
- forme Old French
- formo Esperanto
- forma Serbo-Croatian
- forma Catalan, Valencian
- forma Galician
- μορφή Greek (modern)
- vorme Middle Dutch
- -morpha Translingual
- forma Old Portuguese
- forma Asturian
- *fʉrβ̃ Proto-Brythonic
- forma Ladin