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format

See also: Format, formát, and formât

English

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Etymology

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Via French format and German Format, from New Latin liber fōrmātus (“book fashioned”), from fōrmō (“I shape, fashion”).

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɔː(ɹ).mæt/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈfɔːɹ.mæt/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

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format (plural formats)

  1. The layout of a publication or document.
    • 1896, George Haven Putnam, Books and Their Makers During the Middle Ages:
      The older manuscripts had been written in a much larger format than that found convenient for university work.
  2. (by extension) The form of presentation of something.
  3. (radio) The type of programming that a radio station broadcasts; such as a certain genre of music, news, sports, talk, etc.
    The radio station changed the format of its evening program.
  4. (computing) A file type.

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Verb

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format (third-person singular simple present formats, present participle formatting, simple past and past participle formatted)

  1. To create or edit the layout of a document.
  2. Change a document so it will fit onto a different type of page.
  3. (computing) To prepare a mass storage medium for initial use, erasing any existing data in the process.
    I lost weeks of work when I inadvertently formatted my hard drive.

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Derived terms

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Translations

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change a document so it will fit onto a different type of page

Catalan

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Etymology

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From formar.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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format m (plural formats)

  1. format
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Participle

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format (feminine formada, masculine plural formats, feminine plural formades)

  1. past participle of formar

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Crimean Tatar

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Etymology

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From German Format, from Latin fōrmātus (“formed”).

Noun

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format

  1. format.

Declension

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Declension of format
nominative format
genitive formatnıñ
dative formatqa
accusative formatnı
locative formatta
ablative formattan

References

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  • Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

French

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Etymology

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From German Format, from Latin fōrmātus (“formed”).

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Noun

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format m (plural formats)

  1. format
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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Dutch formaat, from German Format, from New Latin liber fōrmātus (“book fashioned”), from fōrmō (“I shape, fashion”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈfɔrmat̪̚]
  • Hyphenation: for‧mat

Noun

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format (first-person possessive formatku, second-person possessive formatmu, third-person possessive formatnya)

  1. format.
    Synonym: templat

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Latin

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Verb

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fōrmat

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of fōrmō

Norman

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Etymology

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From Latin fōrmātus (“formed”).

Noun

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format m (plural formats)

  1. (Jersey) format

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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Most likely from Italian formato (“size, dimension (on paper)”), of formare (“to form, create”), from Latin formāre, present active infinitive of formō (“I shape, form”), from fōrma (“form, figure, shape, appearance”) with an unknown descent, perhaps from some Etruscan *morma, connected by some with Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “shape, form, appearance”), possibly of Pre-Greek origin.

Noun

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format n (definite singular formatet, indefinite plural format or formater, definite plural formata or formatene)

  1. a format

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Latin formatus.

Noun

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format n (definite singular formatet, indefinite plural format, definite plural formata)

  1. a format

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Old Irish

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FWOTD – 23 October 2012

Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *uɸor-men-to-, from Proto-Indo-European *upér (“over”) + *men- (“to think”). Cognate to archaic Welsh gorfynt (“ambition, jealousy”).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɸorməd/, [ˈɸormad]

Noun

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format n

  1. verbal noun of for·muinethar
  2. envy, jealousy
    • 8th century, St. Patrick's Breastplate
      Cech duine nos·géba cech dia co n-innithem léir i nDia, ní thairisfet demna fria gnúis, bid dítin dó ar cech neim ⁊ ḟormat, bid cóemna dó fri dianbas, bid lúrech dia anmain iarna étsecht.
      When anyone shall repeat it every day with diligent intentness on God, devils shall not dare to face him, it shall be a protection to him against every poison and envy, it shall be a defence to him against sudden death, it shall be a corslet to his soul after his death.
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 12c29
      Ní ar formut frib-si as·biur-sa inso.
      It is not because of envy towards you that I say this.
    Synonym: ét

Inflection

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Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative formatN formatN formatL, formata
Vocative formatN formatN formatL, formata
Accusative formatN formatN formatL, formata
Genitive formaitL format formatN
Dative formutL formataib formataib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Irish: formad
  • Scottish Gaelic: farmad

Mutation

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Mutation of format
radical lenition nasalization
format ḟormat format
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French format, from German Format, from New Latin liber fōrmātus.

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Noun

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format m inan

  1. format, size
  2. (computing) format, file type

Declension

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Declension of format
singular plural
nominative format formaty
genitive formatu formatów
dative formatowi formatom
accusative format formaty
instrumental formatem formatami
locative formacie formatach
vocative formacie formaty

Further reading

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  • format in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • format in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French format.

Noun

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format n (plural formate)

  1. format
  2. template
Declension
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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative format formatul formate formatele
genitive-dative format formatului formate formatelor
vocative formatule formatelor

Etymology 2

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Form of the verb forma.

Participle

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format

  1. past participle of forma

Swedish

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Adjective

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format

  1. indefinite neuter singular of formad

Noun

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format n

  1. format

Declension

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Declension of format
nominative genitive
singular indefinite format formats
definite formatet formatets
plural indefinite format formats
definite formaten formatens
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Verb

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format

  1. supine of forma

Anagrams

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