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• Received-Pronunciation: fôrm
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• Received-Pronunciation: /fɔːm/
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• General-American: fôrm
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• General-American: /fɔɹm/
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• General-American: [fo̞ɹm]
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• /fo(ː)ɹm/ without the horse–hoarse merger, rhotic
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)m
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• CMU ARPABET: F AO1 R M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English forme (“shape, figure, manner, bench, frame, seat, condition, agreement, etc.”), borrowed from Old French forme, from Latin fōrma (“shape, figure, image, outline, plan, mold, frame, case, etc., manner, sort, kind, etc.”). In sense "division grouping school students" (now dated), derived from public school nomenclature later adopted by state schools. It is sometimes said to be from the sense of "bench", where students of certain ages would sit together, though this is disputed, or alternatively from the sense of "established method of expression or practice".

352 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: vorm — shape or visible structure
• Ainu: ノカ (noká) — shape or visible structure
• Arabic: صُورَة (ṣūra) — shape or visible structure
• Arabic: شَكْل (šakl) — shape or visible structure
• Aromanian: bicime — shape or visible structure
• Asturian: forma — shape or visible structure
• Basque: forma — shape or visible structure
• Belarusian: фо́рма (fórma) — shape or visible structure
• Bengali: রূপ (rup) — shape or visible structure
• Bengali: অবয়ব (oboẏob) — shape or visible structure
• Bengali: সুরত (śurot) — shape or visible structure
• Bulgarian: фо́рма (fórma) — shape or visible structure
• Catalan: forma — shape or visible structure
• Chinese Mandarin: 形式 (xíngshì) — shape or visible structure
• Chinese Mandarin: 形狀 /形状 (xíngzhuàng) — shape or visible structure
• Czech: forma — shape or visible structure
• Danish: form — shape or visible structure
• Dutch: vorm — shape or visible structure
• Esperanto: formo — shape or visible structure
• Estonian: vorm — shape or visible structure
• Finnish: muoto — shape or visible structure
• French: forme — shape or visible structure
• Galician: forma — shape or visible structure
• Galician: feitura — shape or visible structure
• German: Gestalt — shape or visible structure
• German: Form — shape or visible structure
• Greek: σχήμα (schíma) — shape or visible structure
• Ancient Greek: μορφή (morphḗ) — shape or visible structure
• Ancient Greek: εἶδος (eîdos) — shape or visible structure
• Haitian Creole: fòm — shape or visible structure
• Hebrew: צורה — shape or visible structure
• Hindi: आकार (ākār) — shape or visible structure
• Hindi: शक्ल (śakla) — shape or visible structure
• Hindi: रूप (rūp) — shape or visible structure
• Hungarian: forma — shape or visible structure
• Icelandic: lögun — shape or visible structure
• Icelandic: lag — shape or visible structure
• Ido: formo — shape or visible structure
• Interlingua: forma — shape or visible structure
• Irish: foirm — shape or visible structure
• Italian: forma — shape or visible structure
• Japanese: 形状 (keijō) — shape or visible structure
• Japanese: 形式 (keishiki) — shape or visible structure
• Javanese: dhapur — shape or visible structure
• Javanese: rupa — shape or visible structure
• Javanese: warna — shape or visible structure
• Javanese: warni — shape or visible structure
• Javanese: wujud — shape or visible structure
• Kazakh: пішін (pışın) — shape or visible structure
• Khmer: គ្រោង (kroong) — shape or visible structure
• Khmer: ទម្រង់ (tɔɔtumrŭəng) — shape or visible structure
• Korean: 형상 (hyeongsang) — shape or visible structure
• Korean: 형식 (hyeongsik) — shape or visible structure
• Kyrgyz: кеп (kep) — shape or visible structure
• Kyrgyz: форма (forma) — shape or visible structure
• Latin: fōrma — shape or visible structure
• Latin: figūra — shape or visible structure
• Macedonian: облик (oblik) — shape or visible structure
• Malay: bentuk — shape or visible structure
• Manchu: ᡩᡠᡵᡠᠨ (durun) — shape or visible structure
• Māori: āhua — shape or visible structure
• Middle English: forme — shape or visible structure
• Middle English: kynde — shape or visible structure
• Nanai: дурун (durun) — shape or visible structure
• Nepali: रूप (rūp) — shape or visible structure
• Nepali: आकृति (ākr̥ti) — shape or visible structure
• Norman: forme — shape or visible structure
• Norwegian Bokmål: form — shape or visible structure
• Norwegian Nynorsk: form — shape or visible structure
• Occitan: forma — shape or visible structure
• Dari: شَکْل (šakl) — shape or visible structure
• Iranian Persian: شِکْل (šekl) — shape or visible structure
• Iranian Persian: شَکْل (šakl) — shape or visible structure
• Iranian Persian: صورَت (surat) — shape or visible structure
• Iranian Persian: فُرْم — shape or visible structure
• Iranian Persian: دیسِه (dise) — shape or visible structure
• Plautdietsch: Form — shape or visible structure
• Polish: forma — shape or visible structure
• Polish: postać — shape or visible structure
• Portuguese: forma — shape or visible structure
• Romanian: formă — shape or visible structure
• Russian: фо́рма (fórma) — shape or visible structure
• Russian: фигу́ра (figúra) — shape or visible structure
• Sanskrit: रूप (rūpa) — shape or visible structure
• Scottish Gaelic: cumadh — shape or visible structure
• Scottish Gaelic: cruth — shape or visible structure
• Scottish Gaelic: dèanamh — shape or visible structure
• Serbo-Croatian: oblik — shape or visible structure
• Serbo-Croatian: облик — shape or visible structure
• Slovak: forma — shape or visible structure
• Spanish: forma — shape or visible structure
• Swedish: form — shape or visible structure
• Tagalog: anyo — shape or visible structure
• Tagalog: hubog — shape or visible structure
• Tagalog: itsura — shape or visible structure
• Tajik: сурат (surat) — shape or visible structure
• Tajik: шакл (šakl) — shape or visible structure
• Thai: รูปร่าง (rûup-râang) — shape or visible structure
• Thai: รูป (rûup) — shape or visible structure
• Tocharian B: ersna — shape or visible structure
• Turkish: şekil — shape or visible structure
• Ottoman Turkish: شكل (şekl, şekil) — shape or visible structure
• Ukrainian: фо́рма (fórma) — shape or visible structure
• Urdu: شَکْل (śakl) — shape or visible structure
• Urdu: آکار (ākār) — shape or visible structure
• Urdu: رُوپ (rūp) — shape or visible structure
• Uyghur: شەكىل (shekil) — shape or visible structure
• Uzbek: shakl — shape or visible structure
• Uzbek: forma — shape or visible structure
• Vietnamese: hình — shape or visible structure
• Vietnamese: hình thể — shape or visible structure
• Vietnamese: hình dạng — shape or visible structure
• Vietnamese: hình dáng — shape or visible structure
• Vietnamese: hình thức — shape or visible structure
• Welsh: ffurf — shape or visible structure
• Yaghnobi: сурат (surat) — shape or visible structure
• Afrikaans: vorm — document to be filled in
• Albanian: formular — document to be filled in
• Arabic: اِسْتِمَارَة (istimāra) — document to be filled in
• Armenian: ձեւ (jew) — document to be filled in
• Armenian: ձեւաթուղթ (jewatʻuġtʻ) — document to be filled in
• Azerbaijani: blank — document to be filled in
• Belarusian: бланк (blank) — document to be filled in
• Belarusian: фо́рма (fórma) — document to be filled in
• Belarusian: анке́та (ankjéta) — document to be filled in
• Belarusian: фармуля́р (farmuljár) — document to be filled in
• Bengali: ফর্ম (phormo) — document to be filled in
• Bengali: পত্র (potro) — document to be filled in
• Bulgarian: формуля́р (formuljár) — document to be filled in
• Bulgarian: бла́нка (blánka) — document to be filled in
• Bulgarian: фо́рма (fórma) — document to be filled in
• Catalan: formulari — document to be filled in
• Chinese Mandarin: 表格 (biǎogē) — document to be filled in
• Chinese Mandarin: 表 (biǎo) — document to be filled in
• Czech: formulář — document to be filled in
• Danish: formular — document to be filled in
• Danish: blanket — document to be filled in
• Dutch: formulier — document to be filled in
• Esperanto: formularo — document to be filled in
• Estonian: formular — document to be filled in
• Estonian: blankett — document to be filled in
• Finnish: lomake — document to be filled in
• Finnish: kaavake — document to be filled in
• French: formulaire — document to be filled in
• Galician: formulario — document to be filled in
• Georgian: ბლანკი (blanḳi) — document to be filled in
• Georgian: ფორმა (porma) — document to be filled in
• Georgian: ფორმულარი (pormulari) — document to be filled in
• Georgian: ანკეტა (anḳeṭa) — document to be filled in
• German: Formular — document to be filled in
• German: Vordruck — document to be filled in
• Greek: αίτηση (aítisi) — document to be filled in
• Greenlandic: blanketti — document to be filled in
• Hebrew: טֹפֶס \ טופס (tófes) — document to be filled in
• Hindi: अर्ज़ी (arzī) — document to be filled in
• Hindi: फारम (phāram) — document to be filled in
• Hungarian: űrlap — document to be filled in
• Icelandic: eyðublað — document to be filled in
• Indonesian: formulir — document to be filled in
• Indonesian: borang — document to be filled in
• Italian: formulario — document to be filled in
• Italian: modulo — document to be filled in
• Japanese: 用紙 (yōshi) — document to be filled in
• Kazakh: бланк (blank) — document to be filled in
• Kazakh: формуляр (formulär) — document to be filled in
• Korean: 용지 (yongji) — document to be filled in
• Korean: 표 (pyo) — document to be filled in
• Kyrgyz: нысандама (nısandama) — document to be filled in
• Kyrgyz: формуляр (formulyar) — document to be filled in
• Latvian: veidlapa — document to be filled in
• Lithuanian: formuliaras — document to be filled in
• Macedonian: образец (obrazec) — document to be filled in
• Macedonian: формула́р (formulár) — document to be filled in
• Malay: borang — document to be filled in
• Māori: puka — document to be filled in
• Norwegian Bokmål: skjema — document to be filled in
• Norwegian Nynorsk: skjema — document to be filled in
• Occitan: formula — document to be filled in
• Dari: وَرَقِ رَسْمِی (waraq-i rasmī) — document to be filled in
• Iranian Persian: فُرْم — document to be filled in
• Iranian Persian: پُرْسِشنامِه (porseš-nâme) — document to be filled in
• Polish: formularz — document to be filled in
• Polish: blankiet — document to be filled in
• Portuguese: formulário — document to be filled in
• Romanian: formular — document to be filled in
• Russian: бланк (blank) — document to be filled in
• Russian: фо́рма (fórma) — document to be filled in
• Russian: анке́та (ankéta) — document to be filled in
• Russian: формуля́р (formuljár) — document to be filled in
• Serbo-Croatian: форму̀ла̄р — document to be filled in
• Serbo-Croatian: formùlār — document to be filled in
• Slovak: formulár — document to be filled in
• Slovene: obrazec — document to be filled in
• Spanish: formulario — document to be filled in
• Spanish: forma — document to be filled in
• Spanish: planilla — document to be filled in
• Swahili: fomu — document to be filled in
• Swedish: formulär — document to be filled in
• Swedish: blankett — document to be filled in
• Tajik: бланк (blank) — document to be filled in
• Tajik: варақа (varaqa) — document to be filled in
• Tajik: анкета (anketa) — document to be filled in
• Tajik: саволнома (savolnoma) — document to be filled in
• Thai: แบบฟอร์ม (bɛ̀ɛp-fɔɔm) — document to be filled in
• Turkish: form — document to be filled in
• Turkmen: blank — document to be filled in
• Turkmen: anketa — document to be filled in
• Ukrainian: бланк (blank) — document to be filled in
• Ukrainian: фо́рма (fórma) — document to be filled in
• Ukrainian: анке́та (ankéta) — document to be filled in
• Ukrainian: формуля́р (formuljár) — document to be filled in
• Urdu: عَرْضی ('arzī) — document to be filled in
• Uyghur: جەدۋەل (jedwel) — document to be filled in
• Uzbek: blank — document to be filled in
• Uzbek: formulyar — document to be filled in
• Uzbek: anketa — document to be filled in
• Vietnamese: mẫu đơn — document to be filled in
• Vietnamese: đơn — document to be filled in
• Vietnamese: biểu mẫu — document to be filled in
• Chinese Mandarin: 詞形 /词形 (cíxíng) — grouping of words
• Dutch: vorm — grouping of words
• Finnish: muoto — grouping of words
• Finnish: sanamuoto — grouping of words
• German: Form — grouping of words
• Greek: ύφος (ýfos) — grouping of words
• Japanese: 語形 (gokei) — grouping of words
• Kven: haamu — grouping of words
• Middle English: forme — grouping of words
• Norwegian Bokmål: form — grouping of words
• Norwegian Nynorsk: form — grouping of words
• Russian: фо́рма (fórma) — grouping of words
• Vietnamese: hình thái — grouping of words
• Vietnamese: dạng — grouping of words
• Afrikaans: vorm — to give shape
• Arabic: شَكَّلَ (šakkala) — to give shape
• Asturian: formar — to give shape
• Bulgarian: оформям (oformjam) — to give shape
• Catalan: formar — to give shape
• Chinese Mandarin: 構 /构 (gòu) — to give shape
• Danish: forme — to give shape
• Dutch: vormen — to give shape
• Dutch: vormgeven — to give shape
• Esperanto: formi — to give shape
• Extremaduran: hormal — to give shape
• Finnish: muotoilla — to give shape
• Finnish: muodostaa — to give shape
• Finnish: muovata — to give shape
• French: former — to give shape
• Galician: formar — to give shape
• German: formen — to give shape
• German: bilden — to give shape
• German: gestalten — to give shape
• German: aufbauen — to give shape
• German: ausbilden — to give shape
• German: ausgestalten — to give shape
• Gothic: 𐌳𐌹𐌲𐌰𐌽 (digan) — to give shape
• Greek: σχηματίζω (schimatízo) — to give shape
• Ancient Greek: πλάσσω (plássō) — to give shape
• Ancient Greek: μορφόω (morphóō) — to give shape
• Haitian Creole: fòme — to give shape
• Hungarian: kialakít — to give shape
• Hungarian: formál — to give shape
• Hungarian: megformál — to give shape
• Icelandic: mynda — to give shape
• Italian: formare — to give shape
• Japanese: 形作る (katachizukeru) — to give shape
• Latin: fōrmō — to give shape
• Latin: fingō — to give shape
• Latin: figūrō — to give shape
• Latvian: izveidot — to give shape
• Livonian: lūodõ — to give shape
• Livonian: vīțõ — to give shape
• Macedonian: о́бликува (óblikuva) — to give shape
• Middle English: formen — to give shape
• Occitan: formar — to give shape
• Old English: hīewian — to give shape
• Persian: شکل دادن (šekl dâdan) — to give shape
• Portuguese: formar — to give shape
• Romanian: forma — to give shape
• Russian: придава́ть фо́рму (pridavátʹ fórmu) — to give shape
• Russian: формирова́ть (formirovátʹ) — to give shape
• Russian: образо́вывать (obrazóvyvatʹ) — to give shape
• Russian: образова́ть (obrazovátʹ) — to give shape
• Russian: формова́ть (formovátʹ) — to give shape
• Slovak: vytvarovať — to give shape
• Spanish: formar — to give shape
• Spanish: ahormar — to give shape
• Swedish: forma — to give shape
• Turkish: meydana getirmek — to give shape
• Turkish: ortaya çıkarmak — to give shape
• Vietnamese: làm thành — to give shape
• Vietnamese: tạo thành — to give shape
• Vietnamese: nặn thành — to give shape
• Vietnamese: xếp thành — to give shape
• Vietnamese: tổ chức — to give shape
• Vietnamese: thiết lập — to give shape
• Vietnamese: thành lập — to give shape
• Vietnamese: sáng lập — to give shape
• Vietnamese: tạo — to give shape
• Afrikaans: vorm aanneem — (intransitive) to take shape
• Bulgarian: оформям се (oformjam se) — (intransitive) to take shape
• Esperanto: formiĝi — (intransitive) to take shape
• Finnish: muodostua — (intransitive) to take shape
• French: se former — (intransitive) to take shape
• Galician: formar — (intransitive) to take shape
• German: sich bilden — (intransitive) to take shape
• German: entstehen — (intransitive) to take shape
• German: Form annehmen — (intransitive) to take shape
• German: sich formieren — (intransitive) to take shape
• German: aufstellen — (intransitive) to take shape
• German: sich formen — (intransitive) to take shape
• German: sich entwickeln — (intransitive) to take shape
• German: sich gründen — (intransitive) to take shape
• Greek: σχηματίζομαι (schimatízomai) — (intransitive) to take shape
• Icelandic: myndast — (intransitive) to take shape
• Ingrian: tokkua — (intransitive) to take shape
• Italian: formarsi — (intransitive) to take shape
• Middle English: formen — (intransitive) to take shape
• Persian: شکل گرفتن (šekl gereftan) — (intransitive) to take shape
• Russian: формирова́ться (formirovátʹsja) — (intransitive) to take shape
• Russian: сформирова́ться (sformirovátʹsja) — (intransitive) to take shape
• Turkish: oluşturmak — (intransitive) to take shape
• Vietnamese: hình thành — (intransitive) to take shape
• Vietnamese: thành hình — (intransitive) to take shape
• Afrikaans: vorm — (linguistics) to create a word
• Afrikaans: skep — (linguistics) to create a word
• Bulgarian: образувам (obrazuvam) — (linguistics) to create a word
• Finnish: muodostaa — (linguistics) to create a word
• French: former — (linguistics) to create a word
• Galician: formar — (linguistics) to create a word
• German: bilden — (linguistics) to create a word
• Greek: δημιουργώ (dimiourgó) — (linguistics) to create a word
• Icelandic: mynda — (linguistics) to create a word
• Italian: formare — (linguistics) to create a word
• Middle English: formen — (linguistics) to create a word
• Romanian: forma — (linguistics) to create a word
• Vietnamese: cấu tạo — (linguistics) to create a word
• Afrikaans: vorm — to constitute, to compose
• Bulgarian: съставлявам (sǎstavljavam) — to constitute, to compose
• Finnish: muodostaa — to constitute, to compose
• French: former — to constitute, to compose
• Galician: formar — to constitute, to compose
• German: ausmachen — to constitute, to compose
• German: bilden — to constitute, to compose
• German: darstellen — to constitute, to compose
• German: konstituieren — to constitute, to compose
• Italian: formare — to constitute, to compose
• Italian: costituire — to constitute, to compose
• Romanian: forma — to constitute, to compose
• Russian: формирова́ть (formirovátʹ) — to constitute, to compose
• Russian: сформирова́ть (sformirovátʹ) — to constitute, to compose
• Swedish: forma — to constitute, to compose