formula

See also: fórmula, formulá, formulă, and formuła

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin formula (“a small pattern or mold, form, rule, principle, method, formula”), diminutive of forma (“a form”); see form.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔː.mjʊ.lə/

  • Audio (UK):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɹ.mjə.lə/
• Hyphenation: for‧mu‧la

Noun

formula (countable and uncountable, plural formulae or formulas or formulæ)

1. (mathematics) Any mathematical rule expressed symbolically.

   Synonym: mathematical formula

   $x={\frac {-b\pm {\sqrt {b^{2}-4ac}}}{2a}}$ is a formula for finding the roots of the quadratic equation ax² + bx + c = 0.

   Hyponyms: Brahmagupta's formula, Bretschneider's formula, Cauchy's integral formula, Cayley's formula, De Moivre's formula, Euler's formula, Faulhaber's formula, Heron's formula, haversine formula, Jacobi's formula, Legendre's formula, Stirling's formula, Vieta's formulas, Viète's formula

2. (chemistry) A symbolic expression of the structure of a compound.

   Synonym: chemical formula

   H₂O is the formula for water.

3. A plan or method for dealing with a problem or for achieving a result.

   The company's winning formula includes excellent service and quality products.

   • 2017 March 14, Stuart James, “Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save”, in the Guardian‎^[1]:

     Shakespeare has gone back to the formula of last season, by encouraging his players to press high up the pitch and restoring Shinji Okazaki to the starting XI to scurry around between midfield and attack.

   • 2019 October, Ian Walmsley, “Cleaning up”, in Modern Railways, page 42:

     Delays, large and small, have a huge variety of causes, so there is no magic formula for preventing them.

4. A formulation; a prescription; a mixture or solution made in a prescribed manner; the identity and quantities of ingredients of such a mixture.

   The formula of the rocket fuel has not been revealed.

5. (especially religion) A formal statement of doctrine.
   • 2004, Thomas Fisch, editor, Primary Readings on the Eucharist, Liturgical Press, →ISBN, footnote, page 34:

     The extract from the Missal of Constance, which was printed before the editio princeps […] does not contain the formulae for Advent, Sundays after Epiphany, Lent and the Sundays after Easter and Pentecost; […]

6. (countable, uncountable) Ellipsis of infant formula; drink given to babies to substitute for mother's milk.
   • 2018, Kristin Lawless, Formerly known as food, →ISBN:

     Many women advocate for formula, insisting that women who advocate breast-feeding have become self-righteous “lactavists,” as one writer puts it.

7. (logic) A syntactic expression of a proposition, built up from quantifiers, logical connectives, variables, relation and operation symbols, and, depending on the type of logic, possibly other operators such as modal, temporal, deontic or epistemic ones.

   Hyponym: sentence

Derived terms

• Abel-Plana formula
• Abel's formula
• Abel's summation formula
• atomic formula
• baby formula
• Bailey-Borwein-Plouffe formula
• Balmer formula
• Barcan formula
• Bazin's formula
• BBP formula
• Bellard's formula
• Bethe formula
• Buridan formula
• Chézy formula
• Christoffel-Darboux formula
• closed formula
• condensed formula
• cosine formula
• Darboux's formula
• de Moivre's formula
• dental formula
• distance formula
• empirical formula
• Euler-Maclaurin formula
• Euler's continued fraction formula
• Euler's polyhedron formula
• Faà di Bruno's formula
• formula architecture
• formula investing
• formula investor
• Formula One
• formula plan
• formula racing
• formulate
• formulation
• formula unit
• Gauss's area formula
• general formula
• Hadjicostas's formula
• Kekulé formula
• Kekule formula
• Kingman's formula
• Klein-Nishina formula
• Lagrange's interpolation formula
• Liouville's formula
• Manning formula
• molecular formula
• multiformula
• Newton-Cotes formula
• offering formula
• Perron's formula
• Pollaczek-Khinchine formula
• prime formula
• quadratic formula
• Rand formula
• Rydberg formula
• shoelace formula
• sine formula
• skeletal formula
• structural formula
• surveyor's formula
• Sylvester's formula
• Trinitarian formula
• trinitarian formula
• Tupper's self-referential formula
• Vieta's formula
• Voronoi formula
• well-formed formula

 

Related terms

• form
• formulaic
• formulism

 

Descendants

• Irish: foirmle
• Scottish Gaelic: foirmle

Translations

in mathematics

• Albanian: formulë (sq) f
• Amharic: ቀመር (ḳämär)
• Arabic: صِيغَة f (ṣīḡa)
• Armenian: բանաձև (hy) (banajew)
• Asturian: fórmula f
• Azerbaijani: formula, düstur (az)
• Belarusian: фо́рмула f (fórmula)
• Bengali: সূত্র (bn) (śutro)
• Bulgarian: фо́рмула (bg) f (fórmula)
• Burmese: ပုံသေနည်း (my) (pumsenany:)
• Catalan: fórmula (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 公式 (gung¹ sik¹)

  Hokkien: 公式 (zh-min-nan) (kong-sek)

  Mandarin: 公式 (zh) (gōngshì)

• Czech: formule (cs) f, vzorec (cs) m
• Danish: formel c
• Dutch: formule (nl) f
• Esperanto: formulo
• Estonian: valem (et)
• Farefare: formula
• Finnish: kaava (fi)
• French: formule (fr) f
• Galician: fórmula (gl) f
• Georgian: ფორმულა (pormula)
• German: Formel (de) f
• Greek: τύπος (el) m (týpos)
• Hebrew: נוסחה \ נֻסְחָה f (nuskhá)
• Hindi: सूत्र (hi) m (sūtra), फ़ॉरमूला m (fŏrmūlā)
• Hungarian: képlet (hu)
• Icelandic: formúla f
• Indonesian: rumus (id)
• Irish: foirmle f
• Italian: formula (it) f
• Japanese: 公式 (ja) (こうしき, kōshiki), 定式 (ja) (ていしき, teishiki)
• Kazakh: формула (formula)
• Khmer: រូបមន្ត (ruupmŭən)
• Korean: 공식(公式) (ko) (gongsik)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: formûl (ku)

• Kyrgyz: формула (ky) (formula)
• Lao: ສູດ (sūt)
• Latvian: formula f
• Lithuanian: formulė f
• Macedonian: формула f (formula)
• Malay: rumus
• Maori: ture tātai, tikanga tātai
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: томъёо (tomʺjoo), томөео (tomöjeo)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: formel (no) m

  Nynorsk: formel m

• Occitan: formula (oc) f
• Pashto: فارمول (ps) m (fārmul), فورمول (ps) m (formul)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: فُرْمول (fa) (formul)

• Polish: wzór (pl) m
• Portuguese: fórmula (pt) f
• Romanian: formulă (ro) f
• Russian: фо́рмула (ru) f (fórmula)
• Scottish Gaelic: foirmle f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: фо̑рмула f

  Roman: fȏrmula (sh) f

• Sinhalese: සූත්‍රය (si) (sūtraya)
• Slovak: vzorec m, formula f
• Slovene: formula f
• Spanish: fórmula (es) f
• Swedish: formel (sv) c
• Tagalog: sanyo
• Tajik: формула (formula)
• Thai: สูตร (th) (sùut)
• Turkish: formül (tr)
• Turkmen: formula
• Ukrainian: фо́рмула f (fórmula)
• Urdu: کُلِیَہ m (kuliya), فارْمُولا m (fārmūlā), قاعِدَہ (ur) m (qā'ida)
• Uyghur: فورمۇلا (formula)
• Uzbek: formula (uz)
• Vietnamese: công thức (vi)
• Welsh: fformiwla (cy) f
• Yiddish: פֿאָרמולע f (formule)

in chemistry

• Arabic: صِيغَة f (ṣīḡa)
• Armenian: բանաձև (hy) (banajew)
• Asturian: fórmula f
• Belarusian: фо́рмула f (fórmula)
• Bulgarian: фо́рмула (bg) f (fórmula)
• Catalan: fórmula (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 化學式／化学式 (faa³ hok⁶ sik¹)

  Mandarin: 化學式／化学式 (zh) (huàxuéshì)

• Czech: vzorec (cs) m, formule (cs) f
• Dutch: formule (nl) f
• Estonian: valem (et)
• Farefare: formula
• Finnish: kaava (fi)
• French: formule (fr) f
• Galician: fórmula (gl) f
• Georgian: ფორმულა (pormula)
• German: Formel (de) f
• Greek: τύπος (el) m (týpos)
• Hebrew: נוסחא f
• Hungarian: képlet (hu)
• Indonesian: rumus (id)
• Irish: foirmle f
• Italian: formula (it) f
• Japanese: 公式 (ja) (こうしき, kōshiki), 定式 (ja) (ていしき, teishiki), 化学式 (ja) (かがくしき, kagakushiki)
• Khmer: រូបមន្តគីមី (ruupmŭən kiimii)
• Korean: 공식(公式) (ko) (gongsik), 화학식(化學式) (hwahaksik)
• Latvian: formula f
• Macedonian: формула f (formula)
• Maori: tātai matū
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: formel (no) m

  Nynorsk: formel m

• Occitan: formula (oc) f
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: فُرْمول (fa) (formul)

• Polish: wzór (pl) m, wzór chemiczny m
• Portuguese: fórmula (pt) f
• Romanian: formulă (ro) f, formulă chimică f
• Russian: фо́рмула (ru) f (fórmula)
• Scottish Gaelic: foirmle f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: фо̑рмула f

  Roman: fȏrmula (sh) f

• Slovak: vzorec m
• Slovene: formula f
• Spanish: fórmula (es) f
• Swedish: formel (sv) c
• Tagalog: sanyo
• Thai: สูตร (th) (sùut), สูตรเคมี (th) (sùut-kee-mii)
• Turkish: formül (tr)
• Ukrainian: фо́рмула f (fórmula)
• Welsh: fformiwla (cy) f

plan or method for dealing with a problem or for achieving a result

• Finnish: kaava (fi), toimintamalli
• German: Rezept (de) n
• Hungarian: recept (hu)
• Turkish: formül (tr)
• Welsh: fformiwla (cy) f

formulation, prescription

• Bulgarian: реце́пта (bg) f (recépta)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 配方 (pui³ fong¹)

  Mandarin: 配方 (zh) (pèifāng)

• Finnish: resepti (fi)
• German: Rezeptur f, Zusammensetzung (de) f, Bestandteile (de) pl
• Hungarian: recept (hu)
• Maori: tātai matū
• Russian: реце́пт (ru) m (recépt)
• Turkish: formül (tr)
• Welsh: fformiwla (cy) f

formal statement of doctrine

drink given to babies

• Armenian: կաթնախառնուրդներ (katʻnaxaṙnurdner)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 配方奶粉 (pui³ fong¹ naai⁵ fan²)

  Mandarin: 嬰兒配方奶粉／婴儿配方奶粉 (yīng'ér pèifāng nǎifěn)

• Dutch: zuigelingenvoeding f, kindervoeding f
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: äidinmaidonvastike (fi)
• French: aliment lacté pour nourrissons m, préparation pour nourrissons f, lait maternisé (fr) m
• German: Säuglingsnahrung (de) f, Säuglingsanfangsnahrung f, Säuglingsformulierung f
• Hindi: बेबी फार्मूला (bebī phārmūlā)
• Hungarian: tápszer (hu), csecsemőtápszer, bébiétel (hu), bébitápszer
• Italian: latte artificiale m, formula per lattanti f
• Russian: де́тское пита́ние n (détskoje pitánije), де́тская смесь f (détskaja smesʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: dečija mlečna hrana f, dječja mliječna hrana f, adaptirano mleko n, adaptirano mlijeko n

• Spanish: preparado para lactantes m, leche maternizada f, fórmula infantil f
• Tamil: குழந்தை சூத்திரம் (kuḻantai cūttiram)
• Vietnamese: sữa công thức
• Welsh: fformiwla (cy) f

logic: syntactic expression of a proposition

• Japanese: 論理式 (ろんりしき, ronrishiki), 式 (ja) (しき, shiki)
• Tagalog: sanyo
• Welsh: fformiwla (cy) f

Further reading

• “formula”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “formula”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• Formula in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [furˈmu.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [foɾˈmu.la]

Verb

formula

1. inflection of formular:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin formula (“small form”), from forma (“form”).

Noun

formula

1. formula

Declension

Declension of formula

nominative	formula
genitive	formulanıñ
dative	formulağa
accusative	formulanı
locative	formulada
ablative	formuladan

References

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Finnish

Etymology

From English formula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈformulɑ/, [ˈfo̞rmulɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ormulɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): for‧mu‧la

Noun

formula

1. (motor racing) a Formula One racing car

Declension

Inflection of formula (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		formula	formulat
genitive		formulan	formuloiden formuloitten
partitive		formulaa	formuloita
illative		formulaan	formuloihin
		singular	plural
nominative		formula	formulat
accusative	nom.	formula	formulat
	gen.	formulan
genitive		formulan	formuloiden formuloitten formulain rare
partitive		formulaa	formuloita
inessive		formulassa	formuloissa
elative		formulasta	formuloista
illative		formulaan	formuloihin
adessive		formulalla	formuloilla
ablative		formulalta	formuloilta
allative		formulalle	formuloille
essive		formulana	formuloina
translative		formulaksi	formuloiksi
abessive		formulatta	formuloitta
instructive		—	formuloin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of formula (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative formulani formulani accusative nom. formulani formulani gen. formulani genitive formulani formuloideni formuloitteni formulaini rare partitive formulaani formuloitani inessive formulassani formuloissani elative formulastani formuloistani illative formulaani formuloihini adessive formulallani formuloillani ablative formulaltani formuloiltani allative formulalleni formuloilleni essive formulanani formuloinani translative formulakseni formuloikseni abessive formulattani formuloittani instructive — — comitative — formuloineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative formulasi formulasi accusative nom. formulasi formulasi gen. formulasi genitive formulasi formuloidesi formuloittesi formulaisi rare partitive formulaasi formuloitasi inessive formulassasi formuloissasi elative formulastasi formuloistasi illative formulaasi formuloihisi adessive formulallasi formuloillasi ablative formulaltasi formuloiltasi allative formulallesi formuloillesi essive formulanasi formuloinasi translative formulaksesi formuloiksesi abessive formulattasi formuloittasi instructive — — comitative — formuloinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative formulamme formulamme accusative nom. formulamme formulamme gen. formulamme genitive formulamme formuloidemme formuloittemme formulaimme rare partitive formulaamme formuloitamme inessive formulassamme formuloissamme elative formulastamme formuloistamme illative formulaamme formuloihimme adessive formulallamme formuloillamme ablative formulaltamme formuloiltamme allative formulallemme formuloillemme essive formulanamme formuloinamme translative formulaksemme formuloiksemme abessive formulattamme formuloittamme instructive — — comitative — formuloinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative formulanne formulanne accusative nom. formulanne formulanne gen. formulanne genitive formulanne formuloidenne formuloittenne formulainne rare partitive formulaanne formuloitanne inessive formulassanne formuloissanne elative formulastanne formuloistanne illative formulaanne formuloihinne adessive formulallanne formuloillanne ablative formulaltanne formuloiltanne allative formulallenne formuloillenne essive formulananne formuloinanne translative formulaksenne formuloiksenne abessive formulattanne formuloittanne instructive — — comitative — formuloinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative formulansa formulansa accusative nom. formulansa formulansa gen. formulansa genitive formulansa formuloidensa formuloittensa formulainsa rare partitive formulaansa formuloitaan formuloitansa inessive formulassaan formulassansa formuloissaan formuloissansa elative formulastaan formulastansa formuloistaan formuloistansa illative formulaansa formuloihinsa adessive formulallaan formulallansa formuloillaan formuloillansa ablative formulaltaan formulaltansa formuloiltaan formuloiltansa allative formulalleen formulallensa formuloilleen formuloillensa essive formulanaan formulanansa formuloinaan formuloinansa translative formulakseen formulaksensa formuloikseen formuloiksensa abessive formulattaan formulattansa formuloittaan formuloittansa instructive — — comitative — formuloineen formuloinensa

Derived terms

compounds

• formula-ajo
• formula-auto
• formulakilpailu
• formulakuljettaja
• formulakuski
• formularata

 

Further reading

• “formula”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

formula

1. third-person singular past historic of formuler

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin formula (“a small pattern or mold, form, rule, principle, method, formula”), diminutive of forma (“a form”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈformulɒ]
• Hyphenation: for‧mu‧la
• Rhymes: -lɒ

Noun

formula (plural formulák)

1. formula (an established form of words for use in a procedure)
2. formula (a plan or method for dealing with a problem or for achieving a result)
3. (archaic) spell, charm, incantation (words or a formula supposed to have magical powers)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	formula	formulák
accusative	formulát	formulákat
dative	formulának	formuláknak
instrumental	formulával	formulákkal
causal-final	formuláért	formulákért
translative	formulává	formulákká
terminative	formuláig	formulákig
essive-formal	formulaként	formulákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	formulában	formulákban
superessive	formulán	formulákon
adessive	formulánál	formuláknál
illative	formulába	formulákba
sublative	formulára	formulákra
allative	formulához	formulákhoz
elative	formulából	formulákból
delative	formuláról	formulákról
ablative	formulától	formuláktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	formuláé	formuláké
non-attributive possessive - plural	formuláéi	formulákéi

Possessive forms of formula
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	formulám	formuláim
2nd person sing.	formulád	formuláid
3rd person sing.	formulája	formulái
1st person plural	formulánk	formuláink
2nd person plural	formulátok	formuláitok
3rd person plural	formulájuk	formuláik

Further reading

• formula in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fōrmula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fɔrˈmula]
• Hyphenation: for‧mu‧la

Noun

formula (first-person possessive formulaku, second-person possessive formulamu, third-person possessive formulanya)

1. formula

   Synonym: rumus

Derived terms

• formula bayi
• formula du bois
• formula susu kedelai jagung

 

Further reading

• “formula” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔr.mu.la/, /ˈfor.mu.la/
• Rhymes: -ɔrmula, -ormula
• Hyphenation: fòr‧mu‧la, fór‧mu‧la

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin formula.

Noun

formula f (plural formule)

1. (mathematics, chemistry) formula

Derived terms

• formulare
• Formula Uno

Related terms

• forma

Etymology 2

Verb

formula

1. inflection of formulare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• fulmaro

Latin

Etymology

From fōrma +‎ -ula.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfoːr.mu.la/, [ˈfoːrmʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfor.mu.la/, [ˈfɔrmulä]

Noun

fōrmula f (genitive fōrmulae); first declension

1. shape, outline
2. (fine) form; beauty
3. pattern, mould; paradigm
4. form, rule, method, formula
5. lawsuit, action

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	fōrmula	fōrmulae
genitive	fōrmulae	fōrmulārum
dative	fōrmulae	fōrmulīs
accusative	fōrmulam	fōrmulās
ablative	fōrmulā	fōrmulīs
vocative	fōrmula	fōrmulae

Descendants

• → Catalan: fórmula (learned)
• → English: formula
  • Irish: foirmle
  • Scottish Gaelic: foirmle
• → French: formule (learned)
• → Galician: fórmula (learned)
• → Occitan: formula (learned)
• → Polish: formuła (learned)
• → Portuguese: fórmula (learned)
• → Romanian: formulă (learned)
• → Russian: фо́рмула (fórmula)
• → Spanish: fórmula (learned)
• → Ukrainian: фо́рмула (fórmula)

References

• “formula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “formula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• formula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “formula”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• formula in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[4], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “formula”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin fōrmula.

Pronunciation

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Noun

formula f (plural formulas)

1. (mathematics) formula (any mathematical rule expressed symbolically)
2. (chemistry) formula (a symbolic expression of the structure of a compound)
3. form (a blank document or template to be filled in by the user)

Portuguese

Verb

formula

1. inflection of formular:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French formuler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [for.muˈla]

Verb

a formula (third-person singular present formulează, past participle formulat) 1st conj.

1. to formulate

Conjugation

    conjugation of formula (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a formula
gerund			formulând
past participle			formulat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	formulez	formulezi	formulează	formulăm	formulați	formulează
	imperfect	formulam	formulai	formula	formulam	formulați	formulau
	simple perfect	formulai	formulași	formulă	formularăm	formularăți	formulară
	pluperfect	formulasem	formulaseși	formulase	formulaserăm	formulaserăți	formulaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să formulez	să formulezi	să formuleze	să formulăm	să formulați	să formuleze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		formulează			formulați
	negative		nu formula			nu formulați

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [forˈmu.la]

Noun

formula f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of formulă

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin formula.

Noun

fȏrmula f (Cyrillic spelling фо̑рмула)

1. (mathematics, chemistry, logic) formula
2. rule

Declension

Declension of formula

	singular	plural
nominative	formula	formule
genitive	formule	formula
dative	formuli	formulama
accusative	formulu	formule
vocative	formulo	formule
locative	formuli	formulama
instrumental	formulom	formulama

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɔrmula]

Noun

formula f (declension pattern of žena)

1. formula

Declension

Declension of formula (pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	formula	formuly
genitive	formuly	formúl
dative	formule	formulám
accusative	formulu	formuly
locative	formule	formulách
instrumental	formulou	formulami

Further reading

• “formula”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Spanish

Verb

formula

1. inflection of formular:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative