formo

See also: formó and formò

Asturian

Verb

formo

1. first-person singular present indicative of formar

Catalan

Verb

formo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of formar

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈformo]
• Hyphenation: for‧mo

Noun

formo

1. vocative singular of forma

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin fōrma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈformo/
• Hyphenation: for‧mo
• Rhymes: -ormo

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Noun

formo (accusative singular formon, plural formoj, accusative plural formojn)

1. form, shape, image

   Por via naskotago, mi faros kukon en formo de piano.

   For your birthday, I will make a cake in the shape of a piano.

Derived terms

• forma
• formado
• formi
• formigo
• unuforma

 

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto formo, from English form, French forme, German Form, Italian forma, Russian фо́рма (fórma), Spanish forma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈformo/
• Hyphenation: for‧mo

Noun

formo (plural formi)

1. form, shape, conformation

Derived terms

• formala (“formal”)
• formalajo (“formality”)
• formalismo (“formalism”)
• senforma (“shapeless”)

 

See also

• formacar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfor.mo/
• Rhymes: -ormo
• Hyphenation: fór‧mo

Verb

formo

1. first-person singular present indicative of formare

Anagrams

• -morfo, morfo, morfo-

Latin

Etymology

From fōrma (“form”), connected by some with Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfoːr.moː/, [ˈfoːrmoː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfor.mo/, [ˈfɔrmo]

Verb

fōrmō (present infinitive fōrmāre, perfect active fōrmāvī, supine fōrmātum); first conjugation

1. I shape, form, fashion, format

   Synonyms: fingō, effingō

Conjugation

Conjugation of fōrmō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	fōrmō	fōrmās	fōrmat	fōrmāmus	fōrmātis	fōrmant
	imperfect	fōrmābam	fōrmābās	fōrmābat	fōrmābāmus	fōrmābātis	fōrmābant
	future	fōrmābō	fōrmābis	fōrmābit	fōrmābimus	fōrmābitis	fōrmābunt
	perfect	fōrmāvī	fōrmāvistī	fōrmāvit	fōrmāvimus	fōrmāvistis	fōrmāvērunt, fōrmāvēre
	pluperfect	fōrmāveram	fōrmāverās	fōrmāverat	fōrmāverāmus	fōrmāverātis	fōrmāverant
	future perfect	fōrmāverō	fōrmāveris	fōrmāverit	fōrmāverimus	fōrmāveritis	fōrmāverint
passive	present	fōrmor	fōrmāris, fōrmāre	fōrmātur	fōrmāmur	fōrmāminī	fōrmantur
	imperfect	fōrmābar	fōrmābāris, fōrmābāre	fōrmābātur	fōrmābāmur	fōrmābāminī	fōrmābantur
	future	fōrmābor	fōrmāberis, fōrmābere	fōrmābitur	fōrmābimur	fōrmābiminī	fōrmābuntur
	perfect	fōrmātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	fōrmātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	fōrmātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	fōrmem	fōrmēs	fōrmet	fōrmēmus	fōrmētis	fōrment
	imperfect	fōrmārem	fōrmārēs	fōrmāret	fōrmārēmus	fōrmārētis	fōrmārent
	perfect	fōrmāverim	fōrmāverīs	fōrmāverit	fōrmāverīmus	fōrmāverītis	fōrmāverint
	pluperfect	fōrmāvissem	fōrmāvissēs	fōrmāvisset	fōrmāvissēmus	fōrmāvissētis	fōrmāvissent
passive	present	fōrmer	fōrmēris, fōrmēre	fōrmētur	fōrmēmur	fōrmēminī	fōrmentur
	imperfect	fōrmārer	fōrmārēris, fōrmārēre	fōrmārētur	fōrmārēmur	fōrmārēminī	fōrmārentur
	perfect	fōrmātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	fōrmātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	fōrmā	—	—	fōrmāte	—
	future	—	fōrmātō	fōrmātō	—	fōrmātōte	fōrmantō
passive	present	—	fōrmāre	—	—	fōrmāminī	—
	future	—	fōrmātor	fōrmātor	—	—	fōrmantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		fōrmāre	fōrmāvisse	fōrmātūrum esse	fōrmārī	fōrmātum esse	fōrmātum īrī
participles		fōrmāns	—	fōrmātūrus	—	fōrmātus	fōrmandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		fōrmandī	fōrmandō	fōrmandum	fōrmandō	fōrmātum	fōrmātū

Derived terms

• cōnfōrmō
• dēfōrmō
• fōrmāmentum
• fōrmāticum
• fōrmātiō
• fōrmātor
• fōrmātrīx
• fōrmātūra
• fōrmitās
• īnfōrmō
• refōrmō

 

Related terms

• fōrma
• fōrmella
• fōrmōsē
• fōrmōsitās
• fōrmōsus

 

Descendants

Inherited

• Italian: formare
• Ladin: furmer
• Sardinian: formare
• Romansch: furmar, fuormar, furmer

Borrowed

• → Asturian: formar
• → Catalan: formar
• → English: form
• → French: former
• → Galician: formar
• → Occitan: formar
• → Piedmontese: formé
• → Portuguese: formar
• → Spanish: formar

References

• “formo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “formo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• formo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to draw geometrical figures: formas (not figuras) geometricas describere
    
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “formare”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 257

Portuguese

Verb

formo

1. first-person singular present indicative of formar

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈformo]

Noun

formo f

1. vocative singular of formă

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoɾmo/ [ˈfoɾ.mo]
• Rhymes: -oɾmo
• Syllabification: for‧mo

Verb

formo

1. first-person singular present indicative of formar