"formula" in seven languages
Meaningformula
Spanish
fórmula
/ˈfoɾmula/
fem.learned
French
formule
/fɔʁmyl/
fem.learned
Also a set menu in a restaurant: la formule du midi.
Italian
formula
/ˈfɔrmula/
fem.learned
Portuguese
fórmula
/ˈfɔhmulɐ/
fem.learned
Romanian
formulă
/ˈformulə/
fem.learned
Catalan
fórmula
/ˈfoɾmulə/
fem.learned
English
formula
/ˈfɔɹmjələ/
from Latin/French · Latin FORMULA
English → ItalianformulaformulaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
FORMULAM‘small form; rule, set pattern’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
FORMULA is a diminutive of FORMA, 'a little shape'. Being a written, technical word it came back unchanged; Spanish and Italian stress the first syllable, as Latin did.
English relatives: form, formal, formulate
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In a sentence
- esEscribe la fórmula en la pizarra.
- frÉcris la formule au tableau.
- itScrivi la formula alla lavagna.
- ptEscreva a fórmula no quadro.
- roScrie formula pe tablă.
- caEscriu la fórmula a la pissarra.
- enWrite the formula on the board.
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