format

See also Format, formát, and formât

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US)

  (file)

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.

Translations

layout of a document

Dutch: lay-out (nl) m., formaat (nl) n. Finnish: muotoilu (fi) Icelandic: lögun (is) f., form (is) n., snið (is) n. Japanese: 書式 (shosiki) Panjabi: ਖਾਕਾ (pa) ਢਾਂਚਾ (pa) m. Polish: układ (pl) m., format (pl) m.

Romanian: format (ro) n. Russian: формат (ru) m. Spanish: formato (es) m. Swedish: format (sv) n. Vietnamese: khổ (sách, giấy, bìa)

form of presentation

Czech: formát (cs) m. Dutch: formaat (nl) n., format (nl) m., vorm (nl) f. Icelandic: lögun (is) f., form (is) n., snið (is) n.

Russian: структура (ru) f., формат (ru) m. Spanish: formato (es) m.

computing: file type

Czech: formát (cs) Dutch: bestandstype (nl) n., bestandsformaat (nl) n. German: Format (de) n. Icelandic: forsnið (is) n. Japanese: 形式 (kēsiki), フォーマット (fōmatto)

Romanian: format (ro) n. Russian: формат (ru) m. Swedish: format n., filformat (sv) n. Vietnamese: định dạng, dạng thức, kiểu

Verb

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.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• formatting

Translations

create or edit the layout of a document

Dutch: lay-outen (nl), ontwerpen (nl) Finnish: muotoilla (fi) Russian: форматировать (ru)

Spanish: formatear (es) Swedish: formatera (sv) Vietnamese: thiết kế (vi)

change a document so it will fit onto a different type of page

Dutch: aanpassen (nl) Finnish: formatoida (fi)

Swedish: formatera (sv) Vietnamese: sắp xếp lại

computing: prepare a mass storage medium for initial use

Czech: formátovat (cs), naformátovat (cs) Dutch: formatteren (nl) German: formatieren (de) Icelandic: forsníða (is), strauja (is), formatta (is)

Japanese: 初期化する (shokika-suru), フォーマットする (fōmatto-suru) Russian: форматировать (ru) Swedish: formatera (sv)

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From German Format, from Latin fōrmātus (“formed”).

Noun

format

1. format.

Declension

    declension of format

nominative	format
genitive	formatnıñ
dative	formatqa
accusative	formatnı
locative	formatta
ablative	formattan

References

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

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French

Etymology

From German Format, from Latin fōrmātus (“formed”).

Noun

format m. (plural formats)

1. format

Related terms

• formater
• formatage

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Latin

Verb

format

1. third-person singular present active indicative of formō

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Old Irish

Noun

format n.

1. envy, jealousy
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses 12^c29:

     Ní ar formut frib-si as·biur-sa inso.

     It is not because of envy towards you that I say this.

Verb

format

1. Verbal noun of for·moinethar.

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /forˈmat/

Etymology 1

From French format.

Noun

format n. (plural formate)

1. format
2. template

Declension

declension of format

	singular		plural
gender n.	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un format	formatul	niște formate	formatele
genitive/dative	unui format	formatului	unor formate	formatelor

Etymology 2

Form of the verb forma.

Participle

format

1. Past participle of forma

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Adjective

format

1. absolute indefinite neuter form of formad.

Noun

format n.

1. format

Declension

Declension of format

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	format	formatet	format	formaten
genitive	formats	formatets	formats	formatens

Related terms

• filformat
• formatera
• formation
• formatmall
• utbytesformat

Verb

format

1. supine of forma.