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Forme

Forˊmé′

,
Adj.
(Her.)
Same as
Paté
or
Patté
.

For′me

,
Adj.
[OE., fr. AS.
forma
. See
Foremost
.]
First.
[Obs.]
“Adam our forme father.”
Chaucer.

Definition 2024


forme

forme

See also: -forme, formé, formě, and formę

English

Noun

forme (plural formes)

  1. (rare or archaic) Alternative spelling of form
  2. (historical, printing) One side of a sheet, comprising four quarto pages or two folio pages.
    • 1978, David A. Bloestein, Introduction, John Marston, David A. Bloestein (editor), Parasitaster: Or, The Fawn, page 47,
      Both these formes, with running titles intact, were retained to print sheet D of Q2.
    • 1994, Jay L. Halio, Introduction, Jay L. Halio (editor), William Shakespeare, The First Quarto of King Lear, page 21,
      Q2 was printed in twenty-two formes.
    • 2011, Eugene Giddens, How to Read a Shakespearean Play Text, page 41,
      In casting off, the printing house would judge the length of a manuscript to determine both how many sheets would be needed, and what the divisions were between one forme and another. (A forme is one side of a sheet: four quarto pages or two folio pages.) Because formes do not have many consecutive pages, estimates would be further broken down by page. If a quarto forme includes a putative page one, for instance, that side of the sheet would also include pages four, five, and eight.

Asturian

Verb

forme

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of formar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of formar

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔrmə/, [ˈfɒːmə]

Etymology 1

See form (shape, form).

Noun

forme c

  1. plural indefinite of form

Etymology 2

From form (shape, form).

Verb

forme (imperative form, infinitive at forme, present tense former, past tense formede, perfect tense er/har formet)

  1. shape
  2. clay
  3. mould
  4. form, frame

French

Etymology

From Latin forma (cognate to Ancient Greek μόρφα (mórpha)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔʁm/

Noun

forme f (plural formes)

  1. shape (geometrical representation)
  2. shape (physical appearance)
  3. form

German

Verb

forme

  1. First-person singular present of formen.
  2. First-person singular subjunctive I of formen.
  3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of formen.
  4. Imperative singular of formen.

Italian

Noun

forme f pl

  1. plural of forma

Anagrams


Latin

Adjective

forme

  1. vocative masculine singular of formus

Norman

Etymology

From Latin forma.

Pronunciation

Noun

forme f (plural formes)

  1. (Jersey) form

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse forma

Verb

forme (imperative form, present tense former, passive formes, simple past and past participle forma or formet, present participle formende)

  1. to form
  2. to shape

Related terms

References


Portuguese

Verb

forme

  1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of formar
  2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of formar
  3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of formar
  4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of formar

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈforme]

Noun

forme f pl

  1. plural of formă

Spanish

Verb

forme

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of formar.
  2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of formar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of formar.