-forma

See also: forma, formà, formá, formă, fôrma, formą, förmå, and a-form

Hungarian

Etymology

From forma.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [formɒ]
  • Hyphenation: for‧ma

Suffix

-forma

  1. (adjective-forming suffix, appended to a noun) -shaped, -like, kind of, sort of (having a similar appearance, shape, looks as what the base word expresses)
    Az egyik falon volt egy ablakforma nyílás. ― There was a windowlike opening on one wall.
  2. (adjective-forming suffix, with the pronoun maga) like
    egy magamforma ember ― someone like me
    egy magadforma ember ― someone like you
  3. (adjective-forming suffix, appended to an adjective) -shaped, -like (similar to, (somewhat) of the same nature, almost like what the base word expresses)
    egy tízévesforma gyermek ― a child around ten years of age
  4. (used as a noun, often derogatory) a form of, a sort of
    Összetákolt valami emelvényformát. ― He put together some sort of platform.

Further reading

  • -forma in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Related to the noun form and verb forme

Suffix

-forma

  1. forms adjectives relating to shape from nouns

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål terms suffixed with -forma
halvmåneforma

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Related to the noun form and verb forme

Suffix

-forma

  1. forms adjectives relating to shape from nouns

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk terms suffixed with -forma
halvmåneforma
straumlineforma
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