formatif

French

Etymology

From Old French formatif, formative, from Medieval Latin formātīvus, from Latin fōrmātus + -īvus (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘doing’ or ‘related to doing’). Fōrmātus is the perfect passive participle of fōrmō (“to form, to shape”); further etymology uncertain, possibly related to Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “a form, shape”) (see further at that entry). By surface analysis, former +‎ -atif.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔʁ.ma.tif/

• Audio:

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Adjective

formatif (feminine formative, masculine plural formatifs, feminine plural formatives)

1. formative

Further reading

• “formatif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch formatief, from Middle French formatif.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔr.ˈma.tɪf/
• Rhymes: -tɪf, -ɪf, -f
• Hyphenation: for‧ma‧tif

Adjective

formatif

1. formative:
   1. Of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something; Capable of forming something.
   2. (grammar) Pertaining to the inflection of words.
   3. (education) Denoting forms of assessment used to guide learning rather than to quantify educational outcomes.

      Antonym: sumatif

Noun

formatif (plural formatif-formatif, first-person possessive formatifku, second-person possessive formatifmu, third-person possessive formatifnya)

1. (grammar) formative: A language unit that has morphological function.

Further reading

• “formatif” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.