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Etymology

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From French Formans.

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Formans

  1. A small river in eastern France.

Translations

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German

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Etymology 1

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Coined by German linguist Karl Brugmann in 1904 from Latin elementum fōrmāns (forming element),[1] with fōrmāns being the present participle of fōrmō (to shape; to form; to fashion). By surface analysis, formen +‎ -ans. Doublet of Formant.

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Noun

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Formans n (strong, genitive Formans, plural Formanzien or Formantia)

  1. (linguistic morphology) formative (language unit, typically a morph, that has a morphological function)
    Synonym: Formativ
    Antonym: Determinativ
Declension
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • English: formans
  • French: formans
 
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Etymology 2

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From French Formans.

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Proper noun

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der Formans m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Formans)

  1. Formans (a small river in eastern France)

Further reading

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  • Formans” in Duden online
  • Formans” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Formans” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

References

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  1. ^ Brugmann, Karl (1904) Kurze vergleichende Grammatik der indogermanischen Sprachen[1] (in German), page 285:Ein Name, der unmisverständlich auf alle Fälle passt, wo man bisher von Suffix sprach, und der zugleich auf alle Affixe, die Infixe, sowie auch auf die sogen. Wurzeldeterminative [] angewendet werden kann, ist das Formans (elementum formans).