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formă
form /ˈfor.mə/
noun#767 most common
Also: shape, mold/template, outward appearance (as in 'de formă', meaning as a mere formality)
Example sentences
Mingea are o formă rotundă.
The ball has a round shape.
Norii au forme ciudate azi.
The clouds have strange shapes today.
Această problemă poate fi rezolvată sub altă formă.
This problem can be solved in another form.
Guvernul a propus o nouă formă de impozitare.
The government proposed a new form of taxation.
Filosofii au dezbătut îndelung relația dintre formă și conținut.
Philosophers have long debated the relationship between form and content.
Structura moleculei își schimbă forma în funcție de temperatură și presiune.
The molecule's structure changes its form depending on temperature and pressure.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | formă | forme |
| Genitive | forme | forme |
| Accusative | formă | forme |
| Vocative | formă | forme |
Word family
a formato form, to shape
formularform (document to fill out)formațieformation, band/group
formalformal
formatformat
Etymology
Formă comes from Latin forma, meaning shape or mold. The Latin word's own origin is disputed among scholars, so no secure deeper root is given here. Romanian inherited it directly from spoken Latin, alongside many other core vocabulary items.
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