See also: Formel

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Etymology edit

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Noun edit

formel (plural formels)

  1. (rare) An adult female hawk or eagle.
    • 1987, Meredith Ann Pierce, Birth of the Firebringer, page 39:
      "There was a serpent in the gryphon's eye, he realized slowly, a snake and a hawk that danced and circled one another. The formel's voice lilted, drifting in and out of his thoughts."
    • 1879, David Laing Purves, The Canterbury Tales and Other Poems:
      "... and as, in “The Assembly of Fowls,” the formel or female eagle, who is supposed to represent the Lady Blanche, ..."

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Danish edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Latin formula, diminutive of fōrma (shape, form).

Noun edit

formel c (singular definite formlen or formelen, plural indefinite formler)

  1. formula
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Etymology 2 edit

From French formel (formal), from Latin formalis, from fōrma (shape, form).

Adjective edit

formel

  1. formal
Inflection edit
Inflection of formel
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular formel 2
Indefinite neuter singular formelt 2
Plural formelle 2
Definite attributive1 formelle
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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French edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Latin formālis, from forma (form) (whence forme).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /fɔʁ.mɛl/
  • (file)

Adjective edit

formel (feminine formelle, masculine plural formels, feminine plural formelles)

  1. formal; official
    Antonym: informel
  2. adamant, positive, certain
    Synonym: catégorique

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Norwegian Bokmål edit

 
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Etymology edit

From Latin formula.

Noun edit

formel m (definite singular formelen, indefinite plural formler, definite plural formlene)

  1. a formula

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Etymology edit

From Latin formula.

Noun edit

formel m (definite singular formelen, indefinite plural formlar, definite plural formlane)

  1. a formula

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Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

formel c

  1. (mathematics, chemistry) formula; an expression formulated by the use of symbols

Declension edit

Declension of formel 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative formel formeln formler formlerna
Genitive formels formelns formlers formlernas

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Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From French formel.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

formel

  1. formal, official

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