formate

See also: Formate and formaté

English

Etymology 1

From formic +‎ -ate (“salt or ester”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔː(ɹ)meɪt/

Noun

formate (plural formates)

1. (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of formic acid.
   • 1963, Xavier Herbert, Distubing Element, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 178:

     But most likely my judgement was distorted by my contempt for his acting the young buck [...] for ever waxing his moustaches and loading himself with medicaments supposed to replace the failing sap of youth, glycerophosphates, formates, nux vomica, yohimba, damiana.

Derived terms

• calcium formate
• methyl formate
• potassium formate
• sodium formate

 

Translations

salt or ester of formic acid

• Czech: mravenčan (cs) m
• Finnish: formiaatti (fi)
• Japanese: 蟻酸塩 (ぎさんえん, gisan'en)
• Polish: mrówczan m

Etymology 2

Back-formation from formation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔː(ɹ)ˈmeɪt/

Verb

formate (third-person singular simple present formates, present participle formating, simple past and past participle formated)

1. (aeronautics) To assemble flying aircraft into formation; to fly in formation.
   • 1949, The Aeroplane, volume 76, page 699:

     Tiger Moths from the Reserve Flying Schools at Rochester and Cambridge competed with each other at formating in the gusty conditions, Rochester just winning.

   • 2002 July, Richard L. Collins, “Piper Seneca V: a classic light twin..”, in Flying, page 68:

     Formating with Patty Wagstaff' s modified Baron, flown by Dale Snodgrass, was fun on a beautiful morning, though all you learn about an airplane while formating is the power response (very smooth) and the response to control pressures.

   • 2003, Murray Peden, A Thousand Shall Fall: The True Story of a Canadian Bomber Pilot in World War Two, page 74:

     Actually, the leader of the formation was supposed to maintain the eagle-eyed vigil necessary to ensure that his formation kept out of harm's way, because the pilots formating on him had to keep all their attention riveted on his aircraft; but the Air Force recognized that with inexperienced pilots leading formations it was wise to splash extra lookouts around liberally.

Anagrams

• E-format, Frometa

Esperanto

Adverb

formate

1. present adverbial passive participle of formi

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: formatent, formates

Verb

formate

1. inflection of formater:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /forˈma.te/
• Rhymes: -ate
• Hyphenation: for‧mà‧te

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

formate

1. feminine plural of formato

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

formate

1. feminine plural of formato

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

formate

1. inflection of formare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Anagrams

• fermato

Latin

Verb

fōrmāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of fōrmō

Portuguese

Verb

formate

1. inflection of formatar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

formate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of formar combined with te