Formans

See also: formans, förmans, förmäns, and förmåns

English

Etymology

From French Formans.

Proper noun

Formans

1. A small river in eastern France.

Translations

river

• French: Formans (fr) m
• German: Formans m

German

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɔʁmans]
• Hyphenation: For‧mans
• Rhymes: -ɔʁmans

Noun

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

Declension of Formans [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Formans	die	Formanzien, Formantia
genitive	eines	des	Formans	der	Formanzien, Formantia
dative	einem	dem	Formans	den	Formanzien, Formantia
accusative	ein	das	Formans	die	Formanzien, Formantia

Derived terms

• formantisch

Descendants

• → English: formans

Etymology 2

From French Formans.

Proper noun

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

1. Formans (a small river in eastern France)

Further reading

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