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formica

See also: Formica and fórmica

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Etymology edit

A genericization of the trademark Formica, which see.

Noun edit

formica (countable and uncountable, plural formicas)

  1. A heat-resistant laminate material used to veneer countertops.

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Hyponyms edit

  • Formica (the trademarked brand name material)
  • Arborite (the trademarked brand name material)

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Noun edit

formica m (plural formicas)

  1. formica

Italian edit

 
Due formiche – Two ants

Etymology 1 edit

 
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From Latin formīca, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *morwi. Cognates include Ancient Greek μύρμηξ (múrmēx).

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /forˈmi.ka/
  • Rhymes: -ika
  • Hyphenation: for‧mì‧ca

Noun edit

formica f (plural formiche)

  1. ant
    Synonym: formicola
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Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from English Formica.

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Noun edit

formica f (plural formiche)

  1. Formica (a plastic laminated material)

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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Adjective edit

formica

  1. feminine singular of formico

Further reading edit

  • formica in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • formica in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • formica in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • formica in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • formica in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • formica in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Etymology edit

From Proto-Italic *mormīkā, from Proto-Indo-European *morwi (a term with many deviating forms, probably taboo distortions, in various Indo-European languages). The irregular change of m- to f- can be explained by dissimilation of m- -m- to f- -m-.[1] Cognate with Sanskrit वम्र (vamra), Ancient Greek μύρμηξ (múrmēx), Old Church Slavonic мравии (mravii), Polish mrówka, Old Irish moirb, Welsh myrion, Old Norse maurr, English mire, Albanian morr.

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Noun edit

formīca f (genitive formīcae); first declension

  1. ant
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.6.6:
      vāde ad formīcam ō piger et cōnsīderā viās eius et disce sapientiam
      Go to the ant, O sluggard, and consider her ways, and learn wisdom (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative formīca formīcae
Genitive formīcae formīcārum
Dative formīcae formīcīs
Accusative formīcam formīcās
Ablative formīcā formīcīs
Vocative formīca formīcae

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References edit

  • “formica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “formica”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • formica in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • formica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 234
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