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See also: Format, formát, and formât

English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɔː(ɹ).mæt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈfɔːɹ.mæt/
  • Audio (US)(file)

Noun

format (plural formats)

  1. The layout of a publication or document.
    • 1896, George Haven Putnam, Books and Their Makers During the Middle Ages:
      The older manuscripts had been written in a much larger format than that found convenient for university work.
  2. (by extension) The form of presentation of something.
  3. (radio) The type of programming that a radio station broadcasts; such as a certain genre of music, news, sports, talk, etc.
    The radio station changed the format of its evening program.
  4. (computing) A file type.

Derived terms

Translations

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

Derived terms

Translations

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

Catalan

Etymology

From formar.

Pronunciation

Noun

format m (plural formats)

  1. format

Related terms

Participle

format (feminine formada, masculine plural formats, feminine plural formades)

  1. past participle of formar

Further reading

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

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

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

format m (plural formats)

  1. format

Related terms

Further reading

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch formaat, from German Format, from New Latin liber fōrmātus (“book fashioned”), from fōrmō (“I shape, fashion”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: for‧mat

Noun

format (first-person possessive formatku, second-person possessive formatmu, third-person possessive formatnya)

  1. format.
    Synonym: templat

Derived terms

Further reading

Latin

Verb

fōrmat

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of fōrmō

Norman

Etymology

From Latin fōrmātus (“formed”).

Noun

format m (plural formats)

  1. (Jersey) format

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Most likely from Italian formato (“size, dimension (on paper)”), of formare (“to form, create”), from Latin formāre, present active infinitive of formō (“I shape, form”), from fōrma (“form, figure, shape, appearance”) with an unknown descent, perhaps from some Etruscan *morma, connected by some with Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “shape, form, appearance”), possibly of Pre-Greek origin.

Noun

format n (definite singular formatet, indefinite plural format or formater, definite plural formata or formatene)

  1. a format

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin formatus.

Noun

format n (definite singular formatet, indefinite plural format, definite plural formata)

  1. a format

References

Old Irish

FWOTD – 23 October 2012

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *uɸor-men-to-, from Proto-Indo-European *upér (“over”) + *men- (“to think”). Cognate to archaic Welsh gorfynt (“ambition, jealousy”).

Pronunciation

Noun

format n

  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.
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 12c29
      Ní ar formut frib-si as·biur-sa inso.
      It is not because of envy towards you that I say this.
    Synonym: ét

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative formatN formatN formatL, formata
Vocative formatN formatN formatL, formata
Accusative formatN formatN formatL, formata
Genitive formaitL format formatN
Dative formutL formataib formataib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: formad
  • Scottish Gaelic: farmad

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.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French format, from German Format, from New Latin liber fōrmātus.

Pronunciation

Noun

format m inan

  1. format, size
  2. (computing) format, file type

Declension

Declension of format
singular plural
nominative format formaty
genitive formatu formatów
dative formatowi formatom
accusative format formaty
instrumental formatem formatami
locative formacie formatach
vocative formacie formaty

Further reading

  • format in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • format in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French format.

Noun

format n (plural formate)

  1. format
  2. template
Declension
Declension of format
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) format formatul (niște) formate formatele
genitive/dative (unui) format formatului (unor) formate formatelor
vocative formatule formatelor

Etymology 2

Form of the verb forma.

Participle

format

  1. past participle of forma

Swedish

Pronunciation

Adjective

format

  1. indefinite neuter singular of formad

Noun

format n

  1. format

Declension

Declension of format 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative format formatet format formaten
Genitive formats formatets formats formatens

Related terms

Verb

format

  1. supine of forma

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