formo

See also: formó and formò

Asturian

Verb

formo

1. first-person singular present indicative of formar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈfor.mu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈfor.mo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfoɾ.mo]

Verb

formo

1. first-person singular present indicative 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/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ormo
• Hyphenation: for‧mo

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). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfoːr.moː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfɔr.mo]

Verb

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

1. to 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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		fōrmāre			fōrmārī			fōrmāns			—
future		fōrmātūrum esse			fōrmātum īrī			fōrmātūrus			fōrmandus
perfect		fōrmāvisse			fōrmātum esse			—			fōrmātus
future perfect		—			fōrmātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		fōrmātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
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

• > Italian: formare (inherited)
• > Ladin: furmer (inherited)
• > Sardinian: formare (inherited)
• > Romansch: furmar, fuormar, furmer (inherited)
• → Asturian: formar
• → Catalan: formar
• → English: form
• → French: former
• → Galician: formar
• → Occitan: formar
• → Piedmontese: formé
• → Portuguese: formar
• → Romanian: forma
• → 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, 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