formell

English

Etymology

Diminutive of French forme (the female of a bird of prey).

Noun

formell (plural formells)

  1. (obsolete) The female of a hawk or falcon.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for formell in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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German

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): /foʁˈmɛl/
  • (file)

Adjective

formell (comparative formeller, superlative am formellsten)

  1. formal (official)

Usage notes

Not to be confused with formal.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

formell (neuter singular formelt, definite singular and plural formelle)

  1. formal

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

formell (neuter singular formelt, definite singular and plural formelle)

  1. formal

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Swedish

Etymology

form + -ell

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

formell (comparative formellare, superlative formellast)

  1. formal, official, strict

Declension

Inflection of formell
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular formell formellare formellast
Neuter singular formellt formellare formellast
Plural formella formellare formellast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 formelle formellare formellaste
All formella formellare formellaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
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