formel

See also: Formel

English

Etymology

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Noun

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, ..."

Related terms

• tiercel

Anagrams

• Folmer

Danish

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

1. formula

Inflection

Declension of formel

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	formel	formlen formelen	formler	formlerne
genitive	formels	formlens formelens	formlers	formlernes

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

formel

1. formal

Inflection

Inflection of formel

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite 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.

See also

• formel on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔʁ.mɛl/

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

formel (feminine formelle, masculine plural formels, feminine plural formelles)

1. formal; official

   Antonym: informel

2. adamant, positive, certain

   Synonym: catégorique

Related terms

• formalisme
• formaliste
• formaliser
• formalité

Further reading

• “formel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin formula.

Noun

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

1. a formula

References

• “formel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin formula.

Noun

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

1. a formula

References

• “formel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

formel c

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

Declension

Declension of formel

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	formel	formels
	definite	formeln	formelns
plural	indefinite	formler	formlers
	definite	formlerna	formlernas

Derived terms

• trollformel (“magic spell”)

References

• formel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• formel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• formel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Turkish

Etymology

From French formel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔɾ.mɛl/

Adjective

formel

1. formal, official

Declension

Predicative forms of formel

present tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I am)	formelim	formel miyim?
sen (you are)	formelsin	formel misin?
o (he/she/it is)	formel / formel?ir	formel mi?
biz (we are)	formeliz	formel miyiz?
siz (you are)	formelsiniz	formel misiniz?
onlar (they are)	formel(ler)	formel(ler) mi?
past tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	formel?im	formel miydim?
sen (you were)	formel?in	formel miydin?
o (he/she/it was)	formel?i	formel miydi?
biz (we were)	formel?ik	formel miydik?
siz (you were)	formel?iniz	formel miydiniz?
onlar (they were)	formel?iler	formel miydiler?
indirect past
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	formelmişim	formel miymişim?
sen (you were)	formelmişsin	formel miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was)	formelmiş	formel miymiş?
biz (we were)	formelmişiz	formel miymişiz?
siz (you were)	formelmişsiniz	formel miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were)	formelmişler	formel miymişler?
conditional
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (if I)	formelsem	formel miysem?
sen (if you)	formelsen	formel miysen?
o (if he/she/it)	formelse	formel miyse?
biz (if we)	formelsek	formel miysek?
siz (if you)	formelseniz	formel miyseniz?
onlar (if they)	formelseler	formel miyseler?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.