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"formation" in seven languages

Meaningformation

Spanish

formación

/foɾmaˈθjon/

fem.learned

Also 'training': formación profesional.

French

formation

/fɔʁmasjɔ̃/

fem.learned

Very often 'training': une formation en informatique.

Italian

formazione

/formatˈtsjone/

fem.learned

Also 'training', and a team's line-up.

Portuguese

formação

/fohmaˈsɐ̃w/

fem.learned

Romanian

formare

/forˈmare/

fem.other source · Romanian forma 'to form' (Latin FORMĀRE) + -are

Catalan

formació

/fuɾməsiˈo/

fem.learned

English

formation

/fɔɹˈmeɪʃən/

from Latin/French · Latin FORMĀTIŌNEM, via Old French

English → ItalianformationformazioneCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

FORMĀTIŌNEM‘shaping (from FORMĀRE 'to shape')’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

Watch the everyday sense: in all three sisters the word usually means 'training, education', the shaping of a person. A CV's formación is your education.

English relatives: form, format, inform, reform

Sound laws at work

-TIŌNEM: learned -ción, inherited -zón

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In a sentence

  • esLos científicos estudian la formación de las nubes.
  • frLes scientifiques étudient la formation des nuages.
  • itGli scienziati studiano la formazione delle nuvole.
  • ptOs cientistas estudam a formação das nuvens.
  • roOamenii de știință studiază formarea norilor.
  • caEls científics estudien la formació dels núvols.
  • enScientists study the formation of clouds.

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