formativo

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin formativus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /for.maˈti.vo/
• Rhymes: -ivo
• Hyphenation: for‧ma‧tì‧vo

Adjective

formativo (feminine formativa, masculine plural formativi, feminine plural formative)

1. formative

Related terms

• formare

Further reading

• formativo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• formativo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• formativo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• formatìvo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• formativo in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• formativo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Spanish

Adjective

formativo (feminine formativa, masculine plural formativos, feminine plural formativas)

1. formative

Further reading

• “formativo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025