format

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Derived terms 1.4.3 Translations 2 Crimean Tatar 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Declension 2.3 References 3 French 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 4 Romanian 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Etymology 1 4.2.1 Noun 4.2.1.1 Declension 4.3 Etymology 2 4.3.1 Participle

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[edit] Etymology

Via French and German, from New Latin liber fōrmātus (“‘book fashioned’”) < fōrmō (“‘I shape, fashion’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈfɔː(ɹ).mæt/, SAMPA: /"fO:(r).m{t/
• (US) IPA: /ˈfɔːɹ.mæt/, SAMPA: /"fOr\.m{t/

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[edit] Noun

format (plural formats)

1. The layout of a document.
2. (hence) The form of presentation of something.

   The radio station changed the format of its evening program.

3. (computing) A file type.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to format (third-person singular simple present formats, present participle formatting, simple past and past participle formatted)

1. To create or edit the layout of a document.
2. Change a document so it will fit onto a different type of page.
3. (computing) To prepare a mass storage medium for initial use, erasing any existing data in the process.

   I lost weeks of work when I inadvertently formatted my hard drive.

[edit] Synonyms

• (change a document to fit onto different type of page): reformat
• (computing: prepare storage medium): initialise, initialize

[edit] Derived terms

• formatting

[edit] Translations

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[edit] Crimean Tatar

[edit] Etymology

From German Format < Latin fōrmātus (“‘formed’”).

[edit] Noun

format

1. format.

[edit] Declension

[edit] References

• Useinov & Mireev Dictionary, Simferopol, Dolya, 2002 [1]

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

[edit] Noun

format

1. format

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /forˈmat/

[edit] Etymology 1

From French format.

[edit] Noun

format n. (plural formate)

1. format
2. template

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[edit] Etymology 2

Form of the verb forma.

[edit] Participle

format

1. Past participle of forma.