-forma

See also: forma, formà, formá, formă, fôrma, formą, förmå, and a-form

Hungarian

Etymology

From forma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [formɒ]
• Hyphenation: for‧ma

Suffix

-forma

1. (adjective-forming suffix, appended to a noun) -shaped, -like, kind of, sort of (having a similar appearance, shape, looks as what the base word expresses)

   Az egyik falon volt egy ablakforma nyílás. ― There was a windowlike opening on one wall.

2. (adjective-forming suffix, with the pronoun maga) like

   egy magamforma ember ― someone like me

   egy magadforma ember ― someone like you

3. (adjective-forming suffix, appended to an adjective) -shaped, -like (similar to, (somewhat) of the same nature, almost like what the base word expresses)

   egy tízévesforma gyermek ― a child around ten years of age

4. (used as a noun, often derogatory) a form of, a sort of

   Összetákolt valami emelvényformát. ― He put together some sort of platform.

Further reading

• -forma 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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Related to the noun form and verb forme

Suffix

-forma

1. forms adjectives relating to shape from nouns

Alternative forms

• -formet

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål terms suffixed with -forma

halvmåneforma

References

• “-forma” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Related to the noun form and verb forme

Suffix

-forma

1. forms adjectives relating to shape from nouns

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk terms suffixed with -forma

halvmåneforma

straumlineforma