forme

See also: -forme, formé, formě, and formę

English

Noun

forme (plural formes)

  1. Obsolete form of form.
    • 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
      And first, although there were more things in nature then words which did expresse them, yet even in these mute and silent discourses, to expresse complexed significations, they took a liberty to compound and piece together creatures of allowable formes unto mixtures inexistent […]
  2. (printing) Alternative form of form (“type etc. secured in a chase”).
    • 1978, David A. Bloestein, Introduction, John Marston, David A. Bloestein (editor), Parasitaster: Or, The Fawn, page 47,
      Both these formes, with running titles intact, were retained to print sheet D of Q2.
    • 1994, Jay L. Halio, Introduction, Jay L. Halio (editor), William Shakespeare, The First Quarto of King Lear, page 21,
      Q2 was printed in twenty-two formes.
    • 2011, Eugene Giddens, How to Read a Shakespearean Play Text, page 41:
      In casting off, the printing house would judge the length of a manuscript to determine both how many sheets would be needed, and what the divisions were between one forme and another. (A forme is one side of a sheet: four quarto pages or two folio pages.) Because formes do not have many consecutive pages, estimates would be further broken down by page. If a quarto forme includes a putative page one, for instance, that side of the sheet would also include pages four, five, and eight.

Anagrams

Asturian

Verb

forme

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of formar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of formar

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔrmə/, [ˈfɒːmə]

Etymology 1

See form (“shape, form”).

Noun

forme c

  1. indefinite plural of form

Etymology 2

From form (“shape, form”).

Verb

forme (imperative form, infinitive at forme, present tense former, past tense formede, perfect tense er/har formet)

  1. shape
  2. clay
  3. mould
  4. form, frame

French

Etymology

    From Middle French forme, from Old French forme, from Latin fōrma.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    forme f (plural formes)

    1. shape (geometrical representation)
    2. shape (physical appearance)
    3. form

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Haitian Creole: fòm
    • → Russian: фо́рма (fórma) (see there for further descendants)
    • → Turkish: form

    Verb

    forme

    1. inflection of former:
      1. third-person singular present indicative
      2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
      3. second-person singular present imperative

    Further reading

    German

    Verb

    forme

    1. inflection of formen:
      1. first-person singular present
      2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
      3. singular imperative

    Italian

    Noun

    forme f pl

    1. plural of forma

    Anagrams

    Latin

    Adjective

    forme

    1. vocative masculine singular of formus

    Luxembourgish

    Verb

    forme

    1. Eifel rule form of formen

    Middle English

    Etymology 1

      Borrowed from Old French forme, fourme, from Latin fōrma, of unclear origin.[1]

      Pronunciations with /u/, /uː/ respectively reflect differing adaptations of Old French, while those with /ɔ/ are influenced by Latin fōrma; for possible differentiation in pronunciation by sense, see the usage note at modern English form.

      Alternative forms

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈfɔrm(ə)/, /ˈfurm(ə)/, /ˈfuːrm(ə)/[2]

      Noun

      forme (plural formes)

      1. Form; the shape or appearance of something:
        Synonym: schap
        1. (art or religion) A representation, likeness or depiction.
          Synonym: schap
        2. (rare) A preternatural figure; an apparition.
      2. The manner, style, or means something is done in:
        1. Convention, procedure; established practice.
        2. The characteristic behaviour associated with a group.
        3. The wording or formulation of a textual passage.
        4. An educational or medical course or schedule.
      3. An exemplar or model:
        1. A mould or cast; an implement for shaping.
        2. (fashion) The style or specifications of a garment.
          Synonym: schap
        3. (rare, philosophy) An archetype or pattern.
      4. A structure, support, or frame, especially:
        1. A bench without a back.
        2. (hunting) The den or home of a hare.
      5. (law) A instruction or the document containing it.
      6. (philosophy) The essential category of something (Aristotle's μορφή).
        Synonym: schap
      Descendants
      References
      1. ^ “fō̆rme , n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
      2. ^ Dobson, E[ric] J. (1957), English pronunciation 1500-1700‎[1], second edition, volume II: Phonology, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1968, →OCLC, § 17, page 489.

      Etymology 2

        Inherited from Old English forma, from Proto-West Germanic *formō, *frumō, from Proto-Germanic *frumô.[1]

        Alternative forms

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /ˈfɔrm(ə)/

        Adjective

        forme (plural and weak singular forme, comparative formere, superlative formest)

        1. (superlative) earliest, oldest (in time)
        2. (superlative) first, foremost (in number, sequence, or rank)
        3. primitive, primordial
        4. bygone, preceding, preceding
        References
        1. ^ “forme, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

        Etymology 3

        Verb

        forme

        1. alternative form of formen

        Middle French

        Etymology

          From Old French forme.

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /fɔrmə/

          Noun

          forme f (plural formes)

          1. form

          Descendants

          References

          • forme on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

          Norman

          Etymology

          From Old French forme, borrowed from Latin forma.

          Pronunciation

          Noun

          forme f (plural formes)

          1. (Jersey) form

          Norwegian Bokmål

          Etymology

          From Old Norse forma.

          Verb

          forme (imperative form, present tense former, passive formes, simple past and past participle forma or formet, present participle formende)

          1. to form
          2. to shape

          Derived terms

          References

          Norwegian Nynorsk

          Alternative forms

          Etymology

          From Old Norse forma.

          Verb

          forme (present tense formar, past tense forma, past participle forma, passive infinitive formast, present participle formande, imperative forme/form)

          1. to form
          2. to shape

          Derived terms

          References

          Old English

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /ˈfor.me/, [ˈforˠ.me]

          Adjective

          forme

          1. inflection of forma:
            1. nominative feminine/neuter singular
            2. accusative neuter singular

          Old French

          Alternative forms

          Etymology

            From Latin fōrma.

            Noun

            forme oblique singular, f (oblique plural formes, nominative singular forme, nominative plural formes)

            1. shape, aspect, form

            Descendants

            References

            Portuguese

            Verb

            forme

            1. inflection of formar:
              1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
              2. third-person singular imperative

            Romanian

            Pronunciation

            • IPA(key): [ˈforme]

            Noun

            forme f pl

            1. plural of formă

            Spanish

            Verb

            forme

            1. inflection of formar:
              1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
              2. third-person singular imperative
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