formal

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• General-American: /ˈfɔɹməl/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːməl/
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)məl
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From Middle English formel, borrowed from Old French formel, from Latin fōrmālis, from fōrma (“form”); equivalent to form + -al.

See formo-.

162 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: formeel — being in accord with established forms
• Albanian: formal — being in accord with established forms
• Arabic: رَسْمِيّ (rasmiyy) — being in accord with established forms
• Arabic: صُورِيّ (ṣūriyy) — being in accord with established forms
• Armenian: պաշտոնական (paštonakan) — being in accord with established forms
• Azerbaijani: rəsmi — being in accord with established forms
• Belarusian: фарма́льны (farmálʹny) — being in accord with established forms
• Bulgarian: форма́лен (formálen) — being in accord with established forms
• Catalan: formal — being in accord with established forms
• Chinese Mandarin: 正式 (zhèngshì) — being in accord with established forms
• Crimean Tatar: resmiy — being in accord with established forms
• Czech: formální — being in accord with established forms
• Danish: formel — being in accord with established forms
• Dhivehi: ރަސްމީ (rasmī) — being in accord with established forms
• Dutch: formeel — being in accord with established forms
• Estonian: ametlik — being in accord with established forms
• Finnish: kaavamainen — being in accord with established forms
• Finnish: formaali — being in accord with established forms
• French: formel — being in accord with established forms
• French: soutenu — being in accord with established forms
• Galician: formal — being in accord with established forms
• Georgian: ფორმალური (pormaluri) — being in accord with established forms
• German: formal — being in accord with established forms
• German: formell — being in accord with established forms
• Greek: επίσημος (epísimos) — being in accord with established forms
• Hebrew: פוֹרְמָלִי (formalí) — being in accord with established forms
• Hebrew: רִשְׁמִי (rishmí) — being in accord with established forms
• Hindi: औपचारिक (aupcārik) — being in accord with established forms
• Icelandic: formlegur — being in accord with established forms
• Italian: formale — being in accord with established forms
• Japanese: 正式 (seishiki) — being in accord with established forms
• Japanese: 公式 (kōshiki) — being in accord with established forms
• Macedonian: форма́лен (formálen) — being in accord with established forms
• Malay: formal — being in accord with established forms
• Māori: ōkawa — being in accord with established forms
• Norwegian Bokmål: formell — being in accord with established forms
• Iranian Persian: صوری (suri) — being in accord with established forms
• Iranian Persian: رَسْمی (rasmi) — being in accord with established forms
• Polish: formalny — being in accord with established forms
• Portuguese: formal — being in accord with established forms
• Romanian: formal — being in accord with established forms
• Russian: форма́льный (formálʹnyj) — being in accord with established forms
• Serbo-Croatian: фо̀рма̄лан — being in accord with established forms
• Serbo-Croatian: fòrmālan — being in accord with established forms
• Slovak: formálny — being in accord with established forms
• Slovene: formalen — being in accord with established forms
• Spanish: formal — being in accord with established forms
• Swedish: formell — being in accord with established forms
• Tagalog: maanyo — being in accord with established forms
• Tajik: сурӣ (suri) — being in accord with established forms
• Tajik: расмӣ (rasmi) — being in accord with established forms
• Turkish: resmi — being in accord with established forms
• Ukrainian: форма́льний (formálʹnyj) — being in accord with established forms
• Uzbek: rasmiy — being in accord with established forms
• Afrikaans: formeel — official
• Afrikaans: amptelik — official
• Arabic: رَسْمِيّ (rasmiyy) — official
• Armenian: պաշտոնական (paštonakan) — official
• Azerbaijani: rəsmi — official
• Bashkir: рәсми (rəsmi) — official
• Belarusian: афіцы́йны (aficýjny) — official
• Belarusian: офіцыя́льны (oficyjálʹny) — official
• Belarusian: фарма́льны (farmálʹny) — official
• Bulgarian: официа́лен (oficiálen) — official
• Bulgarian: форма́лен (formálen) — official
• Chinese Mandarin: 正式 (zhèngshì) — official
• Czech: oficiální — official
• Dutch: formeel — official
• Finnish: virallinen — official
• Finnish: formaali — official
• French: officiel — official
• Galician: oficial — official
• Georgian: ოფიციალური (opicialuri) — official
• Georgian: ფორმალური (pormaluri) — official
• German: förmlich — official
• German: formell — official
• German: offiziell — official
• Greek: επίσημος (epísimos) — official
• Hindi: आधिकारिक (ādhikārik) — official
• Hindi: औपचारिक (aupcārik) — official
• Hungarian: hivatalos — official
• Hungarian: formális — official
• Icelandic: formlegur — official
• Japanese: 正式な (seishiki na) — official
• Japanese: 形式的な (keishikiteki na) — official
• Kazakh: ресми (resmi) — official
• Korean: 형식적 (hyeongsikjeok) — official
• Kyrgyz: ырасмый (ırasmıy) — official
• Kyrgyz: расмий (rasmiy) — official
• Macedonian: официјален (oficijalen) — official
• Macedonian: формален (formalen) — official
• Malay: formal — official
• Malay: rasmi — official
• Pashto: رسمي (rasmí) — official
• Iranian Persian: رَسْمی (rasmi) — official
• Polish: oficjalny — official
• Polish: formalny — official
• Portuguese: formal — official
• Romanian: oficial — official
• Romanian: formal — official
• Russian: официа́льный (oficiálʹnyj) — official
• Russian: форма́льный (formálʹnyj) — official
• Serbo-Croatian: fòrmālan — official
• Serbo-Croatian: slȕžben — official
• Slovak: oficiálny — official
• Slovak: úradný — official
• Slovene: formalen — official
• Slovene: uraden — official
• Tagalog: maanyo — official
• Tajik: расмӣ (rasmi) — official
• Tatar: рәсми (räsmi) — official
• Turkish: formel — official
• Turkish: resmî — official
• Turkmen: resmi — official
• Ukrainian: офіці́йний (oficíjnyj) — official
• Ukrainian: офіціа́льний (oficiálʹnyj) — official
• Ukrainian: форма́льний (formálʹnyj) — official
• Urdu: رَسْمی (rasmī) — official
• Uyghur: رەسمىي (resmiy) — official
• Uzbek: rasmiy — official
• Afrikaans: formeel — relating to the form or structure of something
• Bulgarian: фо́рмен (fórmen) — relating to the form or structure of something
• Catalan: formal — relating to the form or structure of something
• Finnish: muodollinen — relating to the form or structure of something
• Finnish: formaali — relating to the form or structure of something
• French: formel — relating to the form or structure of something
• Galician: formal — relating to the form or structure of something
• German: Form- — relating to the form or structure of something
• Hindi: औपचारिक (aupcārik) — relating to the form or structure of something
• Hindi: आधिकारिक (ādhikārik) — relating to the form or structure of something
• Hungarian: formai — relating to the form or structure of something
• Italian: formale — relating to the form or structure of something
• Central Kurdish: پەتی (petî) — relating to the form or structure of something
• Macedonian: форма́лен (formálen) — relating to the form or structure of something
• Portuguese: formal — relating to the form or structure of something
• Serbo-Croatian: fòrmālan — relating to the form or structure of something
• Spanish: formal — relating to the form or structure of something
• Turkish: biçimsel — relating to the form or structure of something
• Turkish: formel — relating to the form or structure of something
• Turkish: şeklî — relating to the form or structure of something
• Bulgarian: церемониа́лен (ceremoniálen) — ceremonial
• Catalan: solemne — ceremonial
• Catalan: convencional — ceremonial
• Finnish: juhlallinen — ceremonial
• Finnish: formaali — ceremonial
• German: formell — ceremonial
• German: förmlich — ceremonial
• Greek: τυπικός (typikós) — ceremonial
• Japanese: 正式の (seishiki no) — ceremonial
• Macedonian: церемонија́лен (ceremonijálen) — ceremonial
• Malay: formal — ceremonial
• Norwegian Bokmål: høytidelig — ceremonial
• Portuguese: formal — ceremonial
• Russian: церемониа́льный (ceremoniálʹnyj) — ceremonial
• Serbo-Croatian: cȅremonijālan — ceremonial
• Spanish: protocolario — ceremonial
• Bulgarian: форма́лен (formálen) — mathematics, logic: relating to mere manipulations of symbols
• Dhivehi: ރަސްމީ (rasmī) — mathematics, logic: relating to mere manipulations of symbols
• German: formal — mathematics, logic: relating to mere manipulations of symbols
• Hungarian: formális — mathematics, logic: relating to mere manipulations of symbols
• Portuguese: formal — mathematics, logic: relating to mere manipulations of symbols
• Russian: форма́льный (formálʹnyj) — mathematics, logic: relating to mere manipulations of symbols