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forma

Pronunciation: [ˈfoːr.ma]

“forma” is a Latin word. Its 5 meanings in English:

noun

  1. form; figure, shape, appearance
  2. fine form; beauty
  3. outline, plan, design
  4. model, pattern, stamp, mold
  5. manner, kind, sort

In Latin

  1. Facies et structura rei.

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from an Etruscan *morma, from Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “shape, fashion, appearance, outward form, contour, figure”), with dissimilation *m-m > *f-m, as seen in formīca (“ant”) and formīdō (“ghost, scarecrow”).

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