See also: Formel

English

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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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, ..."
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Danish

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

  1. formula
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Etymology 2

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

Adjective

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formel

  1. formal
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Inflection of formel
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte 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.

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French

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Etymology

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

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  • IPA(key): /fɔʁ.mɛl/
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formel (feminine formelle, masculine plural formels, feminine plural formelles)

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

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Etymology

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From Latin formula.

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

  1. a formula

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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From Latin formula.

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

  1. a formula

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Swedish

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formel c

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

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From French formel.

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Adjective

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formel

  1. formal, official

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