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English

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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

  1. (mathematics) Any mathematical rule expressed symbolically.
    Synonym: mathematical formula
    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

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Descendants

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  • Irish: foirmle
  • Scottish Gaelic: foirmle

Translations

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Catalan

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Verb

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formula

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

Crimean Tatar

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Etymology

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

Noun

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formula

  1. formula

Declension

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

References

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

Finnish

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Etymology

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From English formula.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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formula

  1. (motor racing) a Formula One racing car

Declension

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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

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French

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formula

  1. third-person singular past historic of formuler

Hungarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin formula (a small pattern or mold, form, rule, principle, method, formula), diminutive of forma (a form).[1]

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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

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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

References

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  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading

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  • 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

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin fōrmula.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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formula (uncountable)

  1. formula
    Synonym: rumus

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin formula.

Noun

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formula f (plural formule)

  1. (mathematics, chemistry) formula
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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formula

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

References

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  1. ^ formula in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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From fōrma +‎ -ula.

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Noun

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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

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First-declension noun.

Descendants

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References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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From Latin fōrmula.

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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

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Verb

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formula

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

Romanian

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French formuler.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. to formulate
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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formula f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of formulă

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin formula.

Noun

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fȏrmula f (Cyrillic spelling фо̑рмула)

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

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Slovak

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formula f (declension pattern of žena)

  1. formula

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Further reading

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  • 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

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Verb

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formula

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