formula

See also: fórmula, formulá, and formulă

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin formula (“a small pattern or mold, form, rule, principle, method, formula”), diminutive of forma (“a form”); see form.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔː.mjʊ.lə/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɹ.mjə.lə/

Noun

formula (plural formulae or formulas or formulæ)

1. (mathematics) Any mathematical rule expressed symbolically.

   $x={\frac {-b\pm {\sqrt {b^{2}-4ac}}}{2a}}$ is a formula for finding the roots of the quadratic equation ax² + bx + c = 0.

2. (chemistry) A symbolic expression of the structure of a compound.

   H₂O is the formula for water.

3. A plan or method for dealing with a problem or for achieving a result.

   The company's winning formula includes excellent service and quality products.

   • 2017 March 14, Stuart James, “Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save”, in the Guardian‎^[1]:

     Shakespeare has gone back to the formula of last season, by encouraging his players to press high up the pitch and restoring Shinji Okazaki to the starting XI to scurry around between midfield and attack.

4. A formulation; a prescription; a mixture or solution made in a prescribed manner; the identity and quantities of ingredients of such a mixture.

   The formula of the rocket fuel has not been revealed.

5. (countable, uncountable) Drink given to babies to substitute for mother's milk.
6. (logic) A syntactic expression of a proposition, built up from quantifiers, logical connectives, variables, relation and operation symbols, and, depending on the type of logic, possibly other operators such as modal, temporal, deontic or epistemic ones.

Synonyms

• (in mathematics): mathematical formula
• (in chemistry): chemical formula

Hyponyms

• (logic): sentence

Derived terms

• formula architecture
• formulate
• formulation
• Formula One
• formula racing
• multiformula

Related terms

• form
• formulaic
• formulism

Translations

in mathematics

• Albanian: formulë (sq) f
• Arabic: صِيغَة‎‎ f (ṣīḡa)
• Armenian: բանաձև (banajew)
• Asturian: fórmula f
• Azerbaijani: formula, düstur (az)
• Belarusian: фо́рмула f (fórmula)
• Bengali: সূত্র (sūtr)
• Bulgarian: фо́рмула (bg) f (fórmula)
• Burmese: ပုံသေနည်း (my) (pumsenany:)
• Catalan: fórmula (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 公式 (gung¹ sik¹)

  Mandarin: 公式 (zh) (gōngshì)

  Min Nan: 公式 (zh-min-nan) (kong-sek)

• Czech: formule (cs) f, vzorec (cs) m
• Danish: formel c
• Dutch: formule (nl) f
• Esperanto: formulo
• Estonian: valem
• Finnish: kaava (fi)
• French: formule (fr) f
• Galician: fórmula (gl) f
• Georgian: ფორმულა (pormula)
• German: Formel (de) f
• Greek: τύπος (el) m (týpos)
• Hebrew: וסחה \ נֻסְחָה‎‎ f (nuskhá)
• Hindi: सूत्र (hi) m (sūtra), फ़ॉरमूला m (fŏrmūlā)
• Hungarian: képlet (hu)
• Icelandic: formúla f
• Indonesian: rumus (id)
• Italian: formula (it) f
• Japanese: 公式 (ja) (こうしき, kōshiki), 定式 (ていしき, teishiki)
• Kazakh: формула (formwla)
• Khmer: រូបមន្ត (ruup mʊən)
• Korean: 공식 (ko) (gongsik)

• Kyrgyz: формула (ky) (formula)
• Lao: ສູດ (sūt)
• Latvian: formula f
• Lithuanian: formulė f
• Macedonian: формула f (formula)
• Malay: rumus
• Maori: ture tātai, tikanga tātai
• Mongolian: томъёо (tomʺjoo), томөео (tomöeo)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: formel (no) m

  Nynorsk: formel m

• Persian: فرمول‎‎ (fa) (formul)
• Polish: wzór (pl) m
• Portuguese: fórmula (pt) f
• Romanian: formulă (ro) f
• Russian: фо́рмула (ru) f (fórmula)
• Scottish Gaelic: foirmle f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: формула f

  Roman: formula (sh) f

• Sinhalese: සූත්‍රය (sūt‍raya)
• Slovak: vzorec m, formula f
• Slovene: formula f
• Spanish: fórmula (es) f
• Swedish: formel (sv) c
• Tagalog: sanyo
• Tajik: формула (formula)
• Thai: สูตร (th) (sùut)
• Turkish: formül (tr)
• Turkmen: formula
• Ukrainian: фо́рмула f (fórmula)
• Urdu: ﮐﻠﻴﻪ‎‎ m (kuliya), فارمولا‎‎ m (fārmūlā)
• Uzbek: formula (uz)
• Vietnamese: công thức (vi)
• Yiddish: פֿאָרמולע‎‎ f (formule)

in chemistry

• Arabic: صِيغَة‎‎ f (ṣīḡa)
• Armenian: բանաձև (banajew)
• Asturian: fórmula f
• Bulgarian: формула (bg) (formula)
• Catalan: fórmula (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 化學式, 化学式 (faa³ hok⁶ sik¹)

  Mandarin: 化學式 (zh), 化学式 (zh) (huàxuéshì)

• Czech: vzorec (cs) m, formule (cs) f
• Dutch: formule (nl) f
• Estonian: valem
• Finnish: kaava (fi)
• French: formule (fr) f
• Galician: fórmula (gl) f
• Georgian: ფორმულა (pormula)
• German: Formel (de) f
• Greek: τύπος (el) m (týpos)
• Hebrew: נוסחא‎‎ f
• Hungarian: képlet (hu)
• Indonesian: rumus (id)
• Italian: formula (it) f

• Japanese: 公式 (ja) (こうしき, kōshiki), 定式 (teishiki)
• Khmer: អក្ខរសញ្ញា ('akkha'ra saññaa)
• Korean: 공식 (ko) (gongsik)
• Latvian: formula f
• Maori: tātai matū
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: formel (no) m

  Nynorsk: formel m

• Persian: فرمول‎‎ (fa) (formul)
• Polish: wzór (pl) m, wzór chemiczny m
• Portuguese: fórmula (pt) f
• Romanian: formulă (ro) f, formulă chimică f
• Russian: фо́рмула (ru) f (fórmula)
• Scottish Gaelic: foirmle f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: формула f

  Roman: formula (sh) f

• Spanish: fórmula (es) f
• Swedish: formel (sv) c
• Tagalog: sanyo
• Turkish: formül (tr)

plan or method for dealing with a problem or for achieving a result

• Finnish: kaava (fi), toimintamalli

formulation, prescription

• Finnish: resepti (fi)

• Maori: tātai matū

drink given to babies

• Armenian: կաթնախառնուրդներ (katʿnaxaṙnurdner)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 配方奶粉 (pui³ fong¹ naai⁵ fan²)

  Mandarin: 配方奶粉 (pèifāng nǎifěn)

• Dutch: zuigelingenvoeding f, kindervoeding f
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: äidinmaidonvastike (fi)
• French: aliment lacté pour nourrissons m, préparation pour nourrissons f, lait maternisé m

• German: Säuglingsnahrung (de) f, Säuglingsanfangsnahrung f, Säuglingsformulierung f
• Hindi: बेबी फार्मूला (bebī phārmūlā)
• Italian: latte artificiale m, formula per lattanti f
• Russian: де́тское пита́ние n (détskoje pitánije), де́тская смесь f (détskaja smesʹ)
• Spanish: preparado para lactantes m, leche maternizada f, fórmula infantil f
• Tamil: குழந்தை சூத்திரம் (kuḻantai cūttiram)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: sữa công thức

logic: syntactic expression of a proposition

• Japanese: 論理式 (ronri-shiki), 式 (ja) (shiki)

• Tagalog: sanyo

Further reading

• formula in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• formula in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

• Formula in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin formula (“small form”), from forma (“form”).

Noun

formula

1. formula.

Declension

Declension of formula

nominative	formula
genitive	formulanıñ
dative	formulağa
accusative	formulanı
locative	formulada
ablative	formuladan

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

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Finnish

Noun

formula

1. (motor racing) a Formula One racing car

Declension

Inflection of formula (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		formula	formulat
genitive		formulan	formuloiden formuloitten
partitive		formulaa	formuloita
illative		formulaan	formuloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		formula	formulat
accusative	nom.	formula	formulat
	gen.	formulan
genitive		formulan	formuloiden formuloitten formulainrare
partitive		formulaa	formuloita
inessive		formulassa	formuloissa
elative		formulasta	formuloista
illative		formulaan	formuloihin
adessive		formulalla	formuloilla
ablative		formulalta	formuloilta
allative		formulalle	formuloille
essive		formulana	formuloina
translative		formulaksi	formuloiksi
instructive		—	formuloin
abessive		formulatta	formuloitta
comitative		—	formuloineen

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French

Verb

formula

1. third-person singular past historic of formuler

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Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin formula (“a small pattern or mold, form, rule, principle, method, formula”), diminutive of forma (“a form”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈformulɒ]
• Hyphenation: for‧mu‧la

Noun

formula (plural formulák)

1. formula (an established form of words for use in a procedure)
2. formula (a plan or method for dealing with a problem or for achieving a result)
3. (archaic) spell, charm, incantation (words or a formula supposed to have magical powers)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	formula	formulák
accusative	formulát	formulákat
dative	formulának	formuláknak
instrumental	formulával	formulákkal
causal-final	formuláért	formulákért
translative	formulává	formulákká
terminative	formuláig	formulákig
essive-formal	formulaként	formulákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	formulában	formulákban
superessive	formulán	formulákon
adessive	formulánál	formuláknál
illative	formulába	formulákba
sublative	formulára	formulákra
allative	formulához	formulákhoz
elative	formulából	formulákból
delative	formuláról	formulákról
ablative	formulától	formuláktól

Possessive forms of formula
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	formulám	formuláim
2nd person sing.	formulád	formuláid
3rd person sing.	formulája	formulái
1st person plural	formulánk	formuláink
2nd person plural	formulátok	formuláitok
3rd person plural	formulájuk	formuláik

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin formula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔrmula/

Noun

formula f (plural formule)

1. (mathematics, chemistry) formula

Derived terms

• formulare
• Formula Uno

Related terms

• forma

Verb

formula

1. third-person singular present indicative of formulare
2. second-person singular imperative of formulare

Anagrams

• fulmaro

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Latin

Etymology

Diminutive, from fōrma +‎ -ulus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfoːr.mu.la/, [ˈfoːr.mʊ.ɫa]

Noun

fōrmula f (genitive fōrmulae); first declension

1. shape, outline
2. (fine) form; beauty
3. pattern, mould; paradigm
4. form, rule, method, formula
5. lawsuit, action

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fōrmula	fōrmulae
Genitive	fōrmulae	fōrmulārum
Dative	fōrmulae	fōrmulīs
Accusative	fōrmulam	fōrmulās
Ablative	fōrmulā	fōrmulīs
Vocative	fōrmula	fōrmulae

Descendants

• Catalan: fórmula
• English: formula
• French: formule
• Portuguese: fórmula
• Romanian: formulă
• Russian: фо́рмула (fórmula)
• Spanish: fórmula

References

• formula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• formula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• formula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• formula in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• formula in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[3], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• formula in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Portuguese

Verb

formula

1. third-person singular present indicative of formular
2. second-person singular imperative of formular

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin formula.

Noun

fȏrmula f (Cyrillic spelling фо̑рмула)

1. (mathematics, chemistry, logic) formula
2. rule

Declension

Declension of formula

	singular	plural
nominative	formula	formule
genitive	formule	formula
dative	formuli	formulama
accusative	formulu	formule
vocative	formulo	formule
locative	formuli	formulama
instrumental	formulom	formulama

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Spanish

Verb

formula

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of formular.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of formular.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of formular.