informal

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfɔː.m(ə)l/
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• General-American: /ɪnˈfɔɹ.m(ə)l/
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)məl
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 N F AO1 R M AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English formal English informal From in- + formal.

85 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: нефарма́льны (njefarmálʹny) — not formal or ceremonious
• Belarusian: неафіцы́йны (njeaficýjny) — not formal or ceremonious
• Bulgarian: неформа́лен (neformálen) — not formal or ceremonious
• Bulgarian: неофициа́лен (neoficiálen) — not formal or ceremonious
• Catalan: informal — not formal or ceremonious
• Chinese Mandarin: 非正式 (fēizhèngshì) — not formal or ceremonious
• Czech: neformální — not formal or ceremonious
• Esperanto: neformala — not formal or ceremonious
• Finnish: epämuodollinen — not formal or ceremonious
• French: informel — not formal or ceremonious
• Galician: informal — not formal or ceremonious
• Georgian: არაფორმალური (arapormaluri) — not formal or ceremonious
• German: informell — not formal or ceremonious
• German: unförmlich — not formal or ceremonious
• German: zwanglos — not formal or ceremonious
• Greek: φιλικός (filikós) — not formal or ceremonious
• Hindi: अनौपचारिक (anaupcārik) — not formal or ceremonious
• Hungarian: közvetlen — not formal or ceremonious
• Icelandic: óformlegur — not formal or ceremonious
• Irish: neamhnósúil — not formal or ceremonious
• Italian: informale — not formal or ceremonious
• Japanese: 非公式の (hikōshiki no) — not formal or ceremonious
• Japanese: 日常の (nichijō no) — not formal or ceremonious
• Japanese: 普段の (fudan no) — not formal or ceremonious
• Japanese: 褻の (ke no) — not formal or ceremonious
• Kazakh: бейресми (beiresmi) — not formal or ceremonious
• Malay: informal — not formal or ceremonious
• Manx: neuformoil — not formal or ceremonious
• Māori: ōpaki — not formal or ceremonious
• Māori: hāramuramu — not formal or ceremonious
• Norwegian Bokmål: uhøytidelig — not formal or ceremonious
• Occitan: informal — not formal or ceremonious
• Polish: potoczny — not formal or ceremonious
• Polish: nieformalny — not formal or ceremonious
• Portuguese: informal — not formal or ceremonious
• Romanian: informal — not formal or ceremonious
• Russian: неформа́льный (neformálʹnyj) — not formal or ceremonious
• Russian: неофициа́льный (neoficiálʹnyj) — not formal or ceremonious
• Russian: непринуждённый (neprinuždjónnyj) — not formal or ceremonious
• Spanish: informal — not formal or ceremonious
• Swedish: informell — not formal or ceremonious
• Tagalog: dimaanyo — not formal or ceremonious
• Thai: ไม่เป็นทางการ — not formal or ceremonious
• Turkish: teklifsiz — not formal or ceremonious
• Ukrainian: неформа́льний (neformálʹnyj) — not formal or ceremonious
• Ukrainian: неофіці́йний (neoficíjnyj) — not formal or ceremonious
• Welsh: anffurfiol — not formal or ceremonious
• Bulgarian: безцеремо́нен (bezceremónen) — not in accord with the usual regulations
• Chinese Mandarin: 非正式 (fēizhèngshì) — not in accord with the usual regulations
• Finnish: epämuodollinen — not in accord with the usual regulations
• Finnish: epävirallinen — not in accord with the usual regulations
• French: informel — not in accord with the usual regulations
• German: inoffiziell — not in accord with the usual regulations
• Hindi: अनौपचारिक (anaupcārik) — not in accord with the usual regulations
• Italian: informale — not in accord with the usual regulations
• Italian: non officiale — not in accord with the usual regulations
• Japanese: 非公式の (hikōshiki no) — not in accord with the usual regulations
• Japanese: 内々の (uchiuchi no) — not in accord with the usual regulations
• Malay: informal — not in accord with the usual regulations
• Polish: nieformalny — not in accord with the usual regulations
• Spanish: informal — not in accord with the usual regulations
• Tagalog: dimaanyo — not in accord with the usual regulations
• Turkish: gayriresmî — not in accord with the usual regulations
• Belarusian: размо́ўны (razmówny) — language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage
• Bulgarian: разгово́рен (razgovóren) — language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage
• Chinese Mandarin: 俗 (sú) — language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage
• Finnish: arkikielinen — language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage
• French: informel — language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage
• French: familier — language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage
• Greek: ανεπίσημος (anepísimos) — language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage
• Italian: informale — language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage
• Italian: colloquiale — language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage
• Italian: familiare — language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage
• Japanese: 口語の (kōgo no) — language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage
• Macedonian: разговорен (razgovoren) — language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage
• Malay: informal — language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage
• Malay: percakapan — language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage
• Polish: potoczny — language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage
• Polish: kolokwialny — language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage
• Romanian: popular — language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage
• Russian: разгово́рный (razgovórnyj) — language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage
• Spanish: familiar — language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage
• Turkish: senli benli — language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage
• Turkish: teklifsiz — language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage
• Ukrainian: розмо́вний (rozmóvnyj) — language: reflecting everyday, non-ceremonious usage