formel

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English

Etymology

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Noun

formel (plural formels)

  1. (rare) An adult female hawk or eagle.
    • 1987, Meredith Ann Pierce, Birth of the Firebringer, page 39:
      "There was a serpent in the gryphon's eye, he realized slowly, a snake and a hawk that danced and circled one another. The formel's voice lilted, drifting in and out of his thoughts."
    • 1879, David Laing Purves, The Canterbury Tales and Other Poems:
      "... and as, in “The Assembly of Fowls,” the formel or female eagle, who is supposed to represent the Lady Blanche, ..."

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology 1

From Latin formula, diminutive of fōrma (shape, form).

Noun

formel c (singular definite formlen or formelen, plural indefinite formler)

  1. formula
Inflection
Declension of formel
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative formel formlen
formelen
formler formlerne
genitive formels formlens
formelens
formlers formlernes

Etymology 2

From French formel (formal), from Latin formalis, from fōrma (shape, form).

Adjective

formel

  1. formal
Inflection
Inflection of formel
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular formel 2
indefinite neuter singular formelt 2
plural formelle 2
definite attributive1 formelle

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

See also

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin formālis, from forma (form) (whence forme).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔʁ.mɛl/
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Adjective

formel (feminine formelle, masculine plural formels, feminine plural formelles)

  1. formal; official
    Antonym: informel
  2. adamant, positive, certain
    Synonym: catégorique

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

From Latin formula.

Noun

formel m (definite singular formelen, indefinite plural formler, definite plural formlene)

  1. a formula

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn
Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

From Latin formula.

Noun

formel m (definite singular formelen, indefinite plural formlar, definite plural formlane)

  1. a formula

References

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

formel c

  1. (mathematics, chemistry) formula; an expression formulated by the use of symbols

Declension

Derived terms

References

Turkish

Etymology

From French formel.

Pronunciation

Adjective

formel

  1. formal, official

Declension

Predicative forms of formel
present tense
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I am) formelim formel miyim?
sen (you are) formelsin formel misin?
o (he/she/it is) formel / formel?ir formel mi?
biz (we are) formeliz formel miyiz?
siz (you are) formelsiniz formel misiniz?
onlar (they are) formel(ler) formel(ler) mi?
past tense
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I was) formel?im formel miydim?
sen (you were) formel?in formel miydin?
o (he/she/it was) formel?i formel miydi?
biz (we were) formel?ik formel miydik?
siz (you were) formel?iniz formel miydiniz?
onlar (they were) formel?iler formel miydiler?
indirect past
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I was) formelmişim formel miymişim?
sen (you were) formelmişsin formel miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was) formelmiş formel miymiş?
biz (we were) formelmişiz formel miymişiz?
siz (you were) formelmişsiniz formel miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were) formelmişler formel miymişler?
conditional
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (if I) formelsem formel miysem?
sen (if you) formelsen formel miysen?
o (if he/she/it) formelse formel miyse?
biz (if we) formelsek formel miysek?
siz (if you) formelseniz formel miyseniz?
onlar (if they) formelseler formel miyseler?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.