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/, X-SAMPA: /"fO:(r).m{t/
• (US) IPA: /ˈfɔːɹ.mæt/, X-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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 格式 (cmn) (géshì), 開本 (cmn), 开本 (cmn) (kāiběn)

• Dutch: lay-out (nl) m, formaat (nl) n
• Finnish: muotoilu (fi)
• French: format (fr) m
• German: Format (de) n
• Icelandic: lögun (is) f, form (is) n, snið (is) n
• Japanese: 書式 (ja) (しょしき, shoshiki), フォーマット (ja) (fōmatto)
• Jèrriais: format m

• Korean: 포맷 (ko) (pomaet)
• Maori: hōputu (mi), takoto (mi)
• Panjabi: ਖਾਕਾ (pa) ਢਾਂਚਾ (pa) m
• Polish: układ (pl) m, format (pl) m
• Romanian: format (ro) n
• Russian: формат (ru) (formát) 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
• German: Struktur (de) f, Format (de) n

• Icelandic: lögun (is) f, form (is) n, snið (is) n
• Russian: структура (ru) (struktúra) f, формат (ru) (formát) m
• Spanish: formato (es) m

computing: file type

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 格式 (cmn) (géshì)

• Czech: formát (cs)
• Dutch: bestandstype (nl) n, bestandsformaat (nl) n
• German: Format (de) n
• Icelandic: forsnið (is) n

• Japanese: 形式 (ja) (けいしき, keishiki), フォーマット (ja) (fōmatto)
• Jèrriais: format m
• Romanian: format (ro) n
• Russian: формат (ru) (formát) m
• Swedish: format n, filformat (sv) n
• Vietnamese: định dạng (vi), dạng thức (vi), kiểu (vi)

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) (formatírovatʹ) impf.

• 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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 格式化 (cmn) (géshìhuà)

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

• Japanese: 初期化する (ja) (しょきかする, shokika suru), フォーマットする (ja) (fōmatto suru)
• Portuguese: formatar (pt)
• Russian: форматировать (ru) (formatírovatʹ) impf.
• Spanish: formatear (es)
• 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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Jèrriais

Etymology

From Latin fōrmātus (“formed”).

Noun

format m (plural formats)

1. format

Derived terms

• formater (“to format”)

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Latin

Verb

format

1. third-person singular present active indicative of formō

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Old Irish

FWOTD - 23 October 2012

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *uɸor-man-to-, from Proto-Indo-European *upér- (“over”) + *men- (“to think”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈformad/

Noun

format n (dative formut)

1. Verbal noun of for·muinethar.
2. envy, jealousy
   • 8th century, St. Patrick's Breastplate

     Cech duine nos·géba cech dia co n-innithem léir i nDia, ní thairisfet demna fria gnúis, bid dítin dó ar cech neim ⁊ ḟormat, bid cóemna dó fri dianbas, bid lúrech dia anmain iarna étsecht.

     When anyone shall repeat it every day with diligent intentness on God, devils shall not dare to face him, it shall be a protection to him against every poison and envy, it shall be a defence to him against sudden death, it shall be a corslet to his soul after his death.

   • circa 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, Wb. 12^c29

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

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

Derived terms

• foirmtech

Descendants

• Irish: formad

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
format	ḟormat	format pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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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.