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, ..."

Anagrams

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

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

formel

  1. formal
Inflection
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.

See also

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔʁ.mɛl/
  • (file)

Adjective

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

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

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin formula.

Noun

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

  1. a formula

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin formula.

Noun

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

  1. a formula

References

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

formel c

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

Declension

Declension of formel 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative formel formeln formler formlerna
Genitive formels formelns formlers formlernas

Derived terms

References

Turkish

Etymology

From French formel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔɾ.mɛl/

Adjective

formel

  1. formal, official

Declension

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