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Forme
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forme
forme
English
Noun
forme (plural formes)
- (rare or archaic) Alternative spelling of form
- (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.
- 1978, David A. Bloestein, Introduction, John Marston, David A. Bloestein (editor), Parasitaster: Or, The Fawn, page 47,
Asturian
Verb
forme
- first-person singular present subjunctive of formar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of formar
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɔrmə/, [ˈfɒːmə]
Etymology 1
See form (“shape, form”).
Noun
forme c
- 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)
French
Etymology
From Latin forma (cognate to Ancient Greek μόρφα (mórpha)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɔʁm/
Noun
forme f (plural formes)
German
Verb
forme
- First-person singular present of formen.
- First-person singular subjunctive I of formen.
- Third-person singular subjunctive I of formen.
- Imperative singular of formen.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Verb
forme (imperative form, present tense former, passive formes, simple past and past participle forma or formet, present participle formende)
Related terms
- form (noun)
References
- “forme” in The Bokmål Dictionary.