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class="vector-toc-numb">1.1.2.2</span> <span>Derived terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Derived_terms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Related_terms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Related_terms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1.2.3</span> <span>Related terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Related_terms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Translations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Translations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1.2.4</span> <span>Translations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Translations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Noun" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1.3</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Derived_terms_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Derived_terms_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.1.3.1</span> <span>Derived terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Derived_terms_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2</span> <span>Etymology 2</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Noun_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.1</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Related_terms_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Related_terms_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.1.1</span> <span>Related terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Related_terms_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Translations_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Translations_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.2.1.2</span> <span>Translations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Translations_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Anagrams" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Anagrams"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4</span> <span>Anagrams</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Anagrams-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Catalan" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Catalan"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Catalan</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Catalan-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Catalan subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Catalan-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Etymology" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Etymology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Adjective_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Adjective_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Adjective</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Adjective_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Derived_terms_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Derived_terms_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.1</span> <span>Derived terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Derived_terms_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Related_terms_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Related_terms_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.2</span> <span>Related terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Related_terms_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Crimean_Tatar" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Crimean_Tatar"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Crimean Tatar</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Crimean_Tatar-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Crimean Tatar subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Crimean_Tatar-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Etymology_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Etymology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Adjective_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Adjective_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Adjective</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Adjective_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Galician" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Galician"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Galician</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Galician-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Galician subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Galician-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Etymology_1_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_1_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Etymology 1</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_1_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.1</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Noun_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.2</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Etymology_2_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_2_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Etymology 2</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_2_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.1</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Adjective_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Adjective_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.2</span> <span>Adjective</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Adjective_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Derived_terms_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Derived_terms_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.2.1</span> <span>Derived terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Derived_terms_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Related_terms_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Related_terms_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.2.2</span> <span>Related terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Related_terms_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.2.3</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-German" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#German"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>German</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-German-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle German subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-German-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Etymology_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Etymology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Adjective_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Adjective_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Adjective</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Adjective_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Usage_notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Usage_notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3.1</span> <span>Usage notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Usage_notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Declension" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Declension"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3.2</span> <span>Declension</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Declension-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Indonesian" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Indonesian"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Indonesian</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Indonesian-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Indonesian subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Indonesian-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Adjective_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Adjective_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Adjective</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Adjective_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Alternative_forms" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Alternative_forms"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1.1</span> <span>Alternative forms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Alternative_forms-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Malay" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Malay"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Malay</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Malay-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Malay subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Malay-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Etymology_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Etymology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Adjective_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Adjective_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Adjective</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Adjective_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Affixations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Affixations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3.1</span> <span>Affixations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Affixations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Piedmontese" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Piedmontese"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Piedmontese</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Piedmontese-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Piedmontese subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Piedmontese-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Etymology_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>Etymology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Adjective_8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Adjective_8"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>Adjective</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Adjective_8-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Portuguese" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Portuguese"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Portuguese</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Portuguese-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Portuguese subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Portuguese-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Etymology_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1</span> <span>Etymology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_8"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_8-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Adjective_9" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Adjective_9"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.3</span> <span>Adjective</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Adjective_9-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Derived_terms_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Derived_terms_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.3.1</span> <span>Derived terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Derived_terms_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.3.2</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Romanian" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Romanian"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Romanian</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Romanian-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Romanian subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Romanian-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Etymology_8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_8"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.1</span> <span>Etymology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_8-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_9" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_9"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.2</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_9-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Adjective_10" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Adjective_10"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.3</span> <span>Adjective</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Adjective_10-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Declension_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Declension_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.3.1</span> <span>Declension</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Declension_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Related_terms_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Related_terms_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.3.2</span> <span>Related terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Related_terms_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Spanish" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Spanish"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Spanish</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Spanish-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Spanish subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Spanish-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Etymology_9" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Etymology_9"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.1</span> <span>Etymology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_9-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_10" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_10"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.2</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_10-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Adjective_11" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Adjective_11"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.3</span> <span>Adjective</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Adjective_11-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Derived_terms_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Derived_terms_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.3.1</span> <span>Derived terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Derived_terms_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Related_terms_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Related_terms_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.3.2</span> <span>Related terms</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Related_terms_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.3.3</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" title="Table of Contents" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" 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title="formal – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" title="formal – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" title="formal – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" title="formal – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" title="formal – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dv mw-list-item"><a href="https://dv.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" title="formal – Divehi" lang="dv" hreflang="dv" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="ދިވެހިބަސް" data-language-local-name="Divehi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ދިވެހިބަސް</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" title="formal – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" title="formal – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" title="formal – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" title="formal – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" title="formal – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" title="formal – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" title="formal – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" title="formal – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" title="formal – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" title="formal – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" title="formal – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" title="formal – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" title="formal – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" title="formal – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" title="formal – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" title="formal – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" title="formal – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" title="formal – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" title="formal – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" title="formal – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" title="formal – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" title="formal – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" title="formal – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" title="formal – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" title="formal – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" title="formal – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" title="formal – Norwegian" lang="no" hreflang="no" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="Norsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" title="formal – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" title="formal – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oromoo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" title="formal – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" title="formal – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ភាសាខ្មែរ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" title="formal – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" title="formal – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" title="formal – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" title="formal – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" title="formal – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="formal" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li 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.interproject-box{box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5;width:100%;max-width:100%}}</style> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1">Etymology 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Etymology 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English">Middle English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/formel#Middle_English" title="formel">formel</a></i>, borrowed from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_French" class="extiw" title="w:Old French">Old French</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro"><a href="/wiki/formel#Old_French" title="formel">formel</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/formalis#Latin" title="formalis">fōrmālis</a></i>, from <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/forma#Latin" title="forma">fōrma</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss"><a href="/wiki/form" title="form">form</a></span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>; equivalent to <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/form#English" title="form">form</a></i> +‎ <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/-al#English" title="-al">-al</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English" class="extiw" title="w:General American English">US</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈfɔɹməl/</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation" class="extiw" title="w:Received Pronunciation">RP</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈfɔːməl/</span></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:English/%C9%94%CB%90(%C9%B9)m%C9%99l" title="Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)məl"><span class="IPA">-ɔː(ɹ)məl</span></a></li> <li>Hyphenation: <span class="Latn" lang="en">for‧mal</span></li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English" class="extiw" title="w:General American English">US</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac 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class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Adjective"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">formal</strong> (<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#comparative" title="Appendix:Glossary">comparative</a></i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en comparative-form-of" lang="en">more <strong class="selflink">formal</strong></b>, <i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#superlative" title="Appendix:Glossary">superlative</a></i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en superlative-form-of" lang="en">most <strong class="selflink">formal</strong></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li>Being in accord with established <a href="/wiki/forms" title="forms">forms</a>. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">She spoke <b>formal</b> English, without any dialect.</i></div></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/official" title="official">Official</a>. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">I'd like to make a <b>formal</b> complaint.</i></div></dd> <dd><span class="attentionseeking" lang="en" title="Is this a separate sense, “unambiguous”?"></span><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">Despite efforts by limnologists and freshwater biologists to create a <b>formal</b> definition of “pond”, there is still no universal distinction between a “pond” and a “lake.”</i></div></dd></dl></li> <li>Relating to the <a href="/wiki/form" title="form">form</a> or <a href="/wiki/structure" title="structure">structure</a> of something. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><b>Formal</b> linguistics ignores the vocabulary of languages and focuses solely on their grammar.</i></div></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1978</b></span>, Heikki Seppä, <cite>Form Emphasis for Metalsmiths</cite>, <span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>Kent, Oh.<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_University#University_Press" class="extiw" title="w:Kent State University">Kent State University Press</a>, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87338-212-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-87338-212-0">→ISBN</a></small>, page 1:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">THE THREE DOMINANT FORMS IN METALSMITHING <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> At present, there are but three basic volumetric forms dominating the work of metalsmiths, the <i>spherical</i> (usually in its most practical form, the <i>domical</i>), the <i>cylindrical</i>, and the <i>cubical</i>. <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span> The possibilities for further variations on them are all but exhausted, there being little chance to express new and unusual ideas within the framework of such limited choices. As a result, much of twentieth-century metalsmithing has relied on surface enrichment rather than <b>formal</b> development for its originality.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li>Relating to <a href="/wiki/formation" title="formation">formation</a>. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">The <b>formal</b> stage is a critical part of any child's development.</i></div></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ceremonial" title="ceremonial">Ceremonial</a> or <a href="/wiki/traditional" title="traditional">traditional</a>. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><b>Formal</b> wear <i>must</i> be worn at my wedding!</i></div></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/proper" title="proper">Proper</a>, according to strict <a href="/wiki/etiquette" title="etiquette">etiquette</a>; not <a href="/wiki/casual" title="casual">casual</a>. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">He's always very <b>formal</b>, and I wish he'd relax a bit.</i></div></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/organized" title="organized">Organized</a>; <a href="/wiki/well" title="well">well</a>-<a href="/wiki/structured" title="structured">structured</a> and <a href="/wiki/planned" title="planned">planned</a>. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">When they became a <b>formal</b> club the rowers built a small boathouse.</i></div></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content">especially <a href="/wiki/sciences" title="sciences">sciences</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/mathematics" title="mathematics">mathematics</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/linguistics" title="linguistics">linguistics</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> In accordance with a <a href="/wiki/methodological" title="methodological">methodological</a> framework with well-defined <a href="/wiki/rule" title="rule">rules</a> or <a href="/wiki/law" title="law">laws</a>; <a href="/wiki/rigorous" title="rigorous">rigorous</a>. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">A set of words can be <b>formal</b> cognates only if they can be derived from a common ancestor by regular sound laws.</i></div></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">Only <b>formal</b> proofs, which derive theorems logically from their given axioms, are considered satisfactory in modern mathematics.</i></div></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/mathematics" title="mathematics">mathematics</a><span class="ib-comma label-comma">,</span> <a href="/wiki/philosophy" title="philosophy">philosophy</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> Relating to mere manipulation and construction of strings of <a href="/wiki/symbol" title="symbol">symbols</a>, without regard to their meaning. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en"><b>Formal</b> series are defined without any reference to convergence.</i></div></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Antonyms">Antonyms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Antonyms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/informal#English" title="informal">informal</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher-wrapper"><div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="term-list columns-bg ul-column-count" data-column-count="3"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/essive-formal#English" title="essive-formal">essive-formal</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/formal_cause#English" title="formal cause">formal cause</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/formal_charge#English" title="formal charge">formal charge</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/formal_education#English" title="formal education">formal education</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/formal_equivalence#English" title="formal equivalence">formal equivalence</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/formalese#English" title="formalese">formalese</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/formalesque#English" title="formalesque">formalesque</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/formal_fallacy#English" title="formal fallacy">formal fallacy</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/formal_grammar#English" title="formal grammar">formal grammar</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/formal_heresy#English" title="formal heresy">formal heresy</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/formalish#English" title="formalish">formalish</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/formalism#English" title="formalism">formalism</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/formalist#English" title="formalist">formalist</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/formality#English" title="formality">formality</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/formalization#English" title="formalization">formalization</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/formalize#English" title="formalize">formalize</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/formal_language#English" title="formal language">formal language</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal_linguistics&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="formal linguistics (page does not exist)">formal linguistics</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/formal_logic#English" title="formal logic">formal logic</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/formally#English" title="formally">formally</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal_mathematics&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="formal mathematics (page does not exist)">formal mathematics</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/formalness#English" title="formalness">formalness</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/formal_ontology#English" title="formal ontology">formal ontology</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/formal_power_series#English" title="formal power series">formal power series</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/formal_science#English" title="formal science">formal science</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/formal_semantics#English" title="formal semantics">formal semantics</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal_series&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="formal series (page does not exist)">formal series</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/formal_sociology#English" title="formal sociology">formal sociology</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/formal_sum#English" title="formal sum">formal sum</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/formal_system#English" title="formal system">formal system</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/formal_validity#English" title="formal validity">formal validity</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/formal_wear#English" title="formal wear">formal wear</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/formalwear#English" title="formalwear">formalwear</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/hyperformal#English" title="hyperformal">hyperformal</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/microformal#English" title="microformal">microformal</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/nonformal#English" title="nonformal">nonformal</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/non-formal_learning#English" title="non-formal learning">non-formal learning</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/omniformal#English" title="omniformal">omniformal</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/overformal#English" title="overformal">overformal</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/postformal#English" title="postformal">postformal</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/pseudoformal#English" title="pseudoformal">pseudoformal</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/semiformal#English" title="semiformal">semiformal</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/superformal#English" title="superformal">superformal</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/ultraformal#English" title="ultraformal">ultraformal</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/unformal#English" title="unformal">unformal</a></span></li></ul></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Related_terms">Related terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Related terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/form#English" title="form">form</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Translations">Translations</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-being_in_accord_with_established_forms"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">being in accord with established forms</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="being in accord with established forms"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81584270">.mw-parser-output .translations{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .translations-cell{background-color:var(--wikt-palette-lightyellow,#FFFFe0);vertical-align:top;text-align:left}</style> <ul><li>Afrikaans: <span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/formeel#Afrikaans" title="formeel">formeel</a></span></li> <li>Arabic: <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A#Arabic" title="رسمي">رَسْمِيّ</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ar.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A" class="extiw" title="ar:رسمي">(ar)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">rasmiyy</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Belarusian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="be"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="фармальны (page does not exist)">фарма́льны</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="be-Latn" class="tr Latn">farmálʹny</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/wiki/%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD#Bulgarian" title="формален">формален</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD" class="extiw" title="bg:формален">(bg)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">formalen</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Catalan">formal</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" class="extiw" title="ca:formal">(ca)</a></span></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hani" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E6%AD%A3%E5%BC%8F#Mandarin" title="正式">正式</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%AD%A3%E5%BC%8F" class="extiw" title="zh:正式">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">zhèngshì</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Crimean Tatar: <span class="Latn" lang="crh"><a href="/wiki/resmiy#Crimean_Tatar" title="resmiy">resmiy</a></span></li> <li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/form%C3%A1ln%C3%AD#Czech" title="formální">formální</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/form%C3%A1ln%C3%AD" class="extiw" title="cs:formální">(cs)</a></span></li> <li>Danish: <span class="Latn" lang="da"><a href="/wiki/formel#Danish" title="formel">formel</a></span></li> <li>Dhivehi: <span class="Thaa" lang="dv"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%DE%83%DE%A6%DE%90%DE%B0%DE%89%DE%A9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ރަސްމީ (page does not exist)">ރަސްމީ</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://dv.wiktionary.org/wiki/%DE%83%DE%A6%DE%90%DE%B0%DE%89%DE%A9" class="extiw" title="dv:ރަސްމީ">(dv)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="dv-Latn" class="tr Latn">rasmī</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/formeel#Dutch" title="formeel">formeel</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/formeel" class="extiw" title="nl:formeel">(nl)</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/kaavamainen#Finnish" title="kaavamainen">kaavamainen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/kaavamainen" class="extiw" title="fi:kaavamainen">(fi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/formaali#Finnish" title="formaali">formaali</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/formaali" class="extiw" title="fi:formaali">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/formel#French" title="formel">formel</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/formel" class="extiw" title="fr:formel">(fr)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/soutenu#French" title="soutenu">soutenu</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/soutenu" class="extiw" title="fr:soutenu">(fr)</a></span></li> <li>Galician: <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Galician">formal</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" class="extiw" title="gl:formal">(gl)</a></span></li> <li>Georgian: <span class="Geor" lang="ka"><a href="/wiki/%E1%83%A4%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98#Georgian" title="ფორმალური">ფორმალური</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ka-Latn" class="tr Latn">pormaluri</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#German">formal</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" class="extiw" title="de:formal">(de)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formell#German" title="formell">formell</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/formell" class="extiw" title="de:formell">(de)</a></span></li> <li>Greek: <span class="Grek" lang="el"><a href="/wiki/%CE%B5%CF%80%CE%AF%CF%83%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%82#Greek" title="επίσημος">επίσημος</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B5%CF%80%CE%AF%CF%83%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%82" class="extiw" title="el:επίσημος">(el)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="tr Latn">epísimos</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Icelandic: <span class="Latn" lang="is"><a href="/wiki/formlegur#Icelandic" title="formlegur">formlegur</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://is.wiktionary.org/wiki/formlegur" class="extiw" title="is:formlegur">(is)</a></span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E6%AD%A3%E5%BC%8F#Japanese" title="正式">正式</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%AD%A3%E5%BC%8F" class="extiw" title="ja:正式">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">せいしき, seishiki</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E5%85%AC%E5%BC%8F#Japanese" title="公式">公式</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%85%AC%E5%BC%8F" class="extiw" title="ja:公式">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">こうしき, kōshiki</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Macedonian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="mk"><a href="/wiki/%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD#Macedonian" title="формален">формален</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mk-Latn" class="tr Latn">formalen</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Malay: <span class="Latn" lang="ms"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Malay">formal</a></span></li> <li>Maori: <span class="Latn" lang="mi"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%8Dkawa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ōkawa (page does not exist)">ōkawa</a></span></li> <li>Norwegian: <span class="Latn" lang="no"><a href="/wiki/formell#Norwegian" title="formell">formell</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/formell" class="extiw" title="no:formell">(no)</a></span></li> <li>Persian: <span class="Arab fa-Arab" lang="fa"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C#Persian" title="صوری">صوری</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fa.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C" class="extiw" title="fa:صوری">(fa)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="fa-Latn" class="tr Latn">suri</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/formalny#Polish" title="formalny">formalny</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/formalny" class="extiw" title="pl:formalny">(pl)</a></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Portuguese">formal</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" class="extiw" title="pt:formal">(pt)</a></span></li> <li>Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Romanian">formal</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" class="extiw" title="ro:formal">(ro)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9#Russian" title="формальный">форма́льный</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9" class="extiw" title="ru:формальный">(ru)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">formálʹnyj</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/wiki/formalan#Serbo-Croatian" title="formalan">fòrmālan</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/formalan" class="extiw" title="sh:formalan">(sh)</a></span></li> <li>Slovak: <span class="Latn" lang="sk"><a href="/wiki/form%C3%A1lny#Slovak" title="formálny">formálny</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sk.wiktionary.org/wiki/form%C3%A1lny" class="extiw" title="sk:formálny">(sk)</a></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Spanish">formal</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" class="extiw" title="es:formal">(es)</a></span></li> <li>Swedish: <span class="Latn" lang="sv"><a href="/wiki/formell#Swedish" title="formell">formell</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/formell" class="extiw" title="sv:formell">(sv)</a></span></li> <li>Tagalog: <span class="Latn" lang="tl"><a href="/wiki/maanyo#Tagalog" title="maanyo">maanyo</a></span></li> <li>Ukrainian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk"><a href="/wiki/%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9#Ukrainian" title="формальний">форма́льний</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://uk.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9" class="extiw" title="uk:формальний">(uk)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uk-Latn" class="tr Latn">formálʹnyj</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-official"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">official</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="official"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270" /> <ul><li>Afrikaans: <span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/formeel#Afrikaans" title="formeel">formeel</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/amptelik#Afrikaans" title="amptelik">amptelik</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://af.wiktionary.org/wiki/amptelik" class="extiw" title="af:amptelik">(af)</a></span></li> <li>Arabic: <span class="Arab" lang="ar"><a href="/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A#Arabic" title="رسمي">رَسْمِيّ</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ar.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A" class="extiw" title="ar:رسمي">(ar)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ar-Latn" class="tr Latn">rasmiyy</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Bashkir: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ba"><a href="/wiki/%D1%80%D3%99%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%B8#Bashkir" title="рәсми">рәсми</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ba-Latn" class="tr Latn">rəsmi</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Belarusian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="be"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%96%D1%86%D1%8B%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%8B&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="афіцыйны (page does not exist)">афіцы́йны</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://be.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%96%D1%86%D1%8B%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%8B" class="extiw" title="be:афіцыйны">(be)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="be-Latn" class="tr Latn">aficýjny</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="be"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BE%D1%84%D1%96%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%8F%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="офіцыяльны (page does not exist)">офіцыя́льны</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="be-Latn" class="tr Latn">oficyjálʹny</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="be"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="фармальны (page does not exist)">фарма́льны</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="be-Latn" class="tr Latn">farmálʹny</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD#Bulgarian" title="официален">официален</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD" class="extiw" title="bg:официален">(bg)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">oficialen</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Chinese: <dl><dd>Mandarin: <span class="Hani" lang="cmn"><a href="/wiki/%E6%AD%A3%E5%BC%8F#Mandarin" title="正式">正式</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%AD%A3%E5%BC%8F" class="extiw" title="zh:正式">(zh)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="cmn-Latn" class="tr Latn">zhèngshì</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Czech: <span class="Latn" lang="cs"><a href="/wiki/ofici%C3%A1ln%C3%AD#Czech" title="oficiální">oficiální</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/ofici%C3%A1ln%C3%AD" class="extiw" title="cs:oficiální">(cs)</a></span></li> <li>Dutch: <span class="Latn" lang="nl"><a href="/wiki/formeel#Dutch" title="formeel">formeel</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/formeel" class="extiw" title="nl:formeel">(nl)</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/virallinen#Finnish" title="virallinen">virallinen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/virallinen" class="extiw" title="fi:virallinen">(fi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/formaali#Finnish" title="formaali">formaali</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/formaali" class="extiw" title="fi:formaali">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/officiel#French" title="officiel">officiel</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/officiel" class="extiw" title="fr:officiel">(fr)</a></span></li> <li>Galician: <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/oficial#Galician" title="oficial">oficial</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/oficial" class="extiw" title="gl:oficial">(gl)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span></li> <li>Georgian: <span class="Geor" lang="ka"><a href="/wiki/%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A4%E1%83%98%E1%83%AA%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98#Georgian" title="ოფიციალური">ოფიციალური</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ka-Latn" class="tr Latn">opicialuri</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Geor" lang="ka"><a href="/wiki/%E1%83%A4%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98#Georgian" title="ფორმალური">ფორმალური</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ka-Latn" class="tr Latn">pormaluri</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/f%C3%B6rmlich#German" title="förmlich">förmlich</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/f%C3%B6rmlich" class="extiw" title="de:förmlich">(de)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formell#German" title="formell">formell</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/formell" class="extiw" title="de:formell">(de)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/offiziell#German" title="offiziell">offiziell</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/offiziell" class="extiw" title="de:offiziell">(de)</a></span></li> <li>Greek: <span class="Grek" lang="el"><a href="/wiki/%CE%B5%CF%80%CE%AF%CF%83%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%82#Greek" title="επίσημος">επίσημος</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%B5%CF%80%CE%AF%CF%83%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%82" class="extiw" title="el:επίσημος">(el)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="tr Latn">epísimos</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/hivatalos#Hungarian" title="hivatalos">hivatalos</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/hivatalos" class="extiw" title="hu:hivatalos">(hu)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/form%C3%A1lis#Hungarian" title="formális">formális</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/form%C3%A1lis" class="extiw" title="hu:formális">(hu)</a></span></li> <li>Icelandic: <span class="Latn" lang="is"><a href="/wiki/formlegur#Icelandic" title="formlegur">formlegur</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://is.wiktionary.org/wiki/formlegur" class="extiw" title="is:formlegur">(is)</a></span></li> <li>Macedonian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="mk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD#Macedonian" title="официјален">официјален</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mk-Latn" class="tr Latn">oficijalen</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Malay: <span class="Latn" lang="ms"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Malay">formal</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/rasmi#Malay" title="rasmi">rasmi</a></span></li> <li>Polish: <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/oficjalny#Polish" title="oficjalny">oficjalny</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/oficjalny" class="extiw" title="pl:oficjalny">(pl)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/formalny#Polish" title="formalny">formalny</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/formalny" class="extiw" title="pl:formalny">(pl)</a></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Portuguese">formal</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" class="extiw" title="pt:formal">(pt)</a></span></li> <li>Romanian: <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/oficial#Romanian" title="oficial">oficial</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/oficial" class="extiw" title="ro:oficial">(ro)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Romanian">formal</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ro.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" class="extiw" title="ro:formal">(ro)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span></li> <li>Russian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9#Russian" title="официальный">официа́льный</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9" class="extiw" title="ru:официальный">(ru)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">oficiálʹnyj</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="ru"><a href="/wiki/%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9#Russian" title="формальный">форма́льный</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9" class="extiw" title="ru:формальный">(ru)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ru-Latn" class="tr Latn">formálʹnyj</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/wiki/formalan#Serbo-Croatian" title="formalan">fòrmālan</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/formalan" class="extiw" title="sh:formalan">(sh)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/wiki/slu%C5%BEben#Serbo-Croatian" title="služben">slȕžben</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/slu%C5%BEben" class="extiw" title="sh:služben">(sh)</a></span></li> <li>Slovak: <span class="Latn" lang="sk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=ofici%C3%A1lny&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="oficiálny (page does not exist)">oficiálny</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="sk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C3%BAradn%C3%BD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="úradný (page does not exist)">úradný</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sk.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C3%BAradn%C3%BD" class="extiw" title="sk:úradný">(sk)</a></span></li> <li>Tagalog: <span class="Latn" lang="tl"><a href="/wiki/maanyo#Tagalog" title="maanyo">maanyo</a></span></li> <li>Turkish: <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/wiki/formel#Turkish" title="formel">formel</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/formel" class="extiw" title="tr:formel">(tr)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/wiki/resm%C3%AE#Turkish" title="resmî">resmî</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/resm%C3%AE" class="extiw" title="tr:resmî">(tr)</a></span></li> <li>Ukrainian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk"><a href="/wiki/%D0%BE%D1%84%D1%96%D1%86%D1%96%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9#Ukrainian" title="офіційний">офіці́йний</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uk-Latn" class="tr Latn">oficíjnyj</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D0%BE%D1%84%D1%96%D1%86%D1%96%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="офіціальний (page does not exist)">офіціа́льний</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uk-Latn" class="tr Latn">oficiálʹnyj</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, <span class="Cyrl" lang="uk"><a href="/wiki/%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9#Ukrainian" title="формальний">форма́льний</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://uk.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9" class="extiw" title="uk:формальний">(uk)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="uk-Latn" class="tr Latn">formálʹnyj</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-relating_to_the_form_or_structure_of_something"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">relating to the form or structure of something</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="relating to the form or structure of something"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270" /> <ul><li>Afrikaans: <span class="Latn" lang="af"><a href="/wiki/formeel#Afrikaans" title="formeel">formeel</a></span></li> <li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="формен (page does not exist)">формен</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD" class="extiw" title="bg:формен">(bg)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">formen</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Catalan">formal</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" class="extiw" title="ca:formal">(ca)</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/muodollinen#Finnish" title="muodollinen">muodollinen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/muodollinen" class="extiw" title="fi:muodollinen">(fi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/formaali#Finnish" title="formaali">formaali</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/formaali" class="extiw" title="fi:formaali">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>French: <span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/formel#French" title="formel">formel</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/formel" class="extiw" title="fr:formel">(fr)</a></span></li> <li>Galician: <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Galician">formal</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" class="extiw" title="gl:formal">(gl)</a></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Form-&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Form- (page does not exist)">Form-</a></span></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/formai#Hungarian" title="formai">formai</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/formai" class="extiw" title="hu:formai">(hu)</a></span></li> <li>Italian: <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/formale#Italian" title="formale">formale</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/formale" class="extiw" title="it:formale">(it)</a></span></li> <li>Kurdish: <dl><dd>Central Kurdish: <span class="Arab ku-Arab" lang="ckb"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D9%BE%DB%95%D8%AA%DB%8C&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="پەتی (page does not exist)">پەتی</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="ckb-Latn" class="tr Latn">petî</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></dd></dl></li> <li>Macedonian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="mk"><a href="/wiki/%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD#Macedonian" title="формален">формален</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mk-Latn" class="tr Latn">formalen</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Portuguese">formal</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" class="extiw" title="pt:formal">(pt)</a></span></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/wiki/formalan#Serbo-Croatian" title="formalan">fòrmālan</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/formalan" class="extiw" title="sh:formalan">(sh)</a></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Spanish">formal</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" class="extiw" title="es:formal">(es)</a></span></li> <li>Turkish: <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/wiki/bi%C3%A7imsel#Turkish" title="biçimsel">biçimsel</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/bi%C3%A7imsel" class="extiw" title="tr:biçimsel">(tr)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/wiki/formel#Turkish" title="formel">formel</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/formel" class="extiw" title="tr:formel">(tr)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="tr"><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Fekl%C3%AE#Turkish" title="şeklî">şeklî</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C5%9Fekl%C3%AE" class="extiw" title="tr:şeklî">(tr)</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-ceremonial"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">ceremonial</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="ceremonial"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270" /> <ul><li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%D1%86%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="церемониален (page does not exist)">церемониален</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%86%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD" class="extiw" title="bg:церемониален">(bg)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">ceremonialen</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Catalan: <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/solemne#Catalan" title="solemne">solemne</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/solemne" class="extiw" title="ca:solemne">(ca)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/convencional#Catalan" title="convencional">convencional</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ca.wiktionary.org/wiki/convencional" class="extiw" title="ca:convencional">(ca)</a></span></li> <li>Finnish: <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/juhlallinen#Finnish" title="juhlallinen">juhlallinen</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/juhlallinen" class="extiw" title="fi:juhlallinen">(fi)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="fi"><a href="/wiki/formaali#Finnish" title="formaali">formaali</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/formaali" class="extiw" title="fi:formaali">(fi)</a></span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formell#German" title="formell">formell</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/formell" class="extiw" title="de:formell">(de)</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/f%C3%B6rmlich#German" title="förmlich">förmlich</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/f%C3%B6rmlich" class="extiw" title="de:förmlich">(de)</a></span></li> <li>Greek: <span class="Grek" lang="el"><a href="/wiki/%CF%84%CF%85%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82#Greek" title="τυπικός">τυπικός</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%84%CF%85%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82" class="extiw" title="el:τυπικός">(el)</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="el-Latn" class="tr Latn">typikós</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Japanese: <span class="Jpan" lang="ja"><a href="/wiki/%E6%AD%A3%E5%BC%8F#Japanese" title="正式">正式の</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E6%AD%A3%E5%BC%8F" class="extiw" title="ja:正式">(ja)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="tr">seishiki no</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Macedonian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="mk"><a href="/wiki/%D1%86%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD#Macedonian" title="церемонијален">церемонијален</a></span> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="mk-Latn" class="tr Latn">ceremonijalen</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Malay: <span class="Latn" lang="ms"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Malay">formal</a></span></li> <li>Norwegian: <dl><dd>Bokmål: <span class="Latn" lang="nb"><a href="/wiki/h%C3%B8ytidelig#Norwegian_Bokmål" title="høytidelig">høytidelig</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://no.wiktionary.org/wiki/h%C3%B8ytidelig" class="extiw" title="no:høytidelig">(no)</a></span></dd></dl></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Portuguese">formal</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" class="extiw" title="pt:formal">(pt)</a></span></li> <li>Serbo-Croatian: <span class="Latn" lang="sh"><a href="/wiki/ceremonijalan#Serbo-Croatian" title="ceremonijalan">cȅremonijālan</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/ceremonijalan" class="extiw" title="sh:ceremonijalan">(sh)</a></span></li> <li>Spanish: <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/protocolario#Spanish" title="protocolario">protocolario</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-mathematics,_logic:_relating_to_mere_manipulations_of_symbols"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">mathematics, logic: relating to mere manipulations of symbols</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="mathematics, logic: relating to mere manipulations of symbols"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270" /> <ul><li>Bulgarian: <span class="Cyrl" lang="bg"><a href="/wiki/%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD#Bulgarian" title="формален">формален</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD" class="extiw" title="bg:формален">(bg)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="bg-Latn" class="tr Latn">formalen</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>Dhivehi: <span class="Thaa" lang="dv"><a href="/w/index.php?title=%DE%83%DE%A6%DE%90%DE%B0%DE%89%DE%A9&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="ރަސްމީ (page does not exist)">ރަސްމީ</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://dv.wiktionary.org/wiki/%DE%83%DE%A6%DE%90%DE%B0%DE%89%DE%A9" class="extiw" title="dv:ރަސްމީ">(dv)</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span lang="dv-Latn" class="tr Latn">rasmī</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span></li> <li>German: <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#German">formal</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" class="extiw" title="de:formal">(de)</a></span></li> <li>Hungarian: <span class="Latn" lang="hu"><a href="/wiki/form%C3%A1lis#Hungarian" title="formális">formális</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/form%C3%A1lis" class="extiw" title="hu:formális">(hu)</a></span></li> <li>Portuguese: <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Portuguese">formal</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/formal" class="extiw" title="pt:formal">(pt)</a></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="checktrans"> <dl><dd><i>The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Entry_layout#Translations" title="Wiktionary:Entry layout">Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations</a>.</i></dd></dl> </div> <div class="NavFrame"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">Translations to be checked</div><div class="NavContent"><table class="translations" role="presentation" data-gloss="Translations to be checked"><tbody><tr><td class="translations-cell multicolumn-list" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r81584270" /> <ul><li>Esperanto: <span class="ttbc"><sup class="ttbc">(please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>)</sup> <span class="Latn" lang="eo"><a href="/wiki/formala#Esperanto" title="formala">formala</a></span></span></li> <li>Ido: <span class="ttbc"><sup class="ttbc">(please <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:Translations#Translations_to_be_checked" title="Wiktionary:Translations">verify</a>)</sup> <span class="Latn" lang="io"><a href="/wiki/formala#Ido" title="formala">formala</a></span><span class="tpos"> <a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/formala" class="extiw" title="io:formala">(io)</a></span></span></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">formal</strong> (<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#countable" title="Appendix:Glossary">countable</a> and <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncountable</a></i>, <i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/formals#English" title="formals">formals</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/clothing#Noun" title="clothing">clothing</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> An evening <a href="/wiki/gown" title="gown">gown</a>. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1965</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_Morton" class="extiw" title="w:Shadow Morton">Shadow Morton</a>, “Sophisticated Boom Boom”, performed by The Shangri-Las:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Well, I open up the door / And much to my surprise / The girls were wearin' <b>formals</b> / And the boys were wearin' ties</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li> <li>An event with a formal <a href="/wiki/dress_code" title="dress code">dress code</a>. <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="en">Jenny took Sam to her Year 12 <b>formal</b>.</i></div></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/programming#Noun" title="programming">programming</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> A <a href="/wiki/formal_parameter" title="formal parameter">formal parameter</a>.</li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxbridge" class="extiw" title="w:Oxbridge">Oxbridge</a> <a href="/wiki/slang" title="slang">slang</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#ellipsis" title="Appendix:Glossary">Ellipsis</a> of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/formal_hall#English" title="formal hall">formal hall</a></i></span></span>..</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Derived_terms_2">Derived terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/formal_swap#English" title="formal swap">formal swap</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>See <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/formo-#English" title="formo-">formo-</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_2">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en">formal</strong> (<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#countable" title="Appendix:Glossary">countable</a> and <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncountable</a></i>, <i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/formals#English" title="formals">formals</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncountable</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/formalin" title="formalin">Formalin</a>.</li> <li>An <a href="/wiki/acetal" title="acetal">acetal</a> formed from <a href="/wiki/formaldehyde" title="formaldehyde">formaldehyde</a>.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Related_terms_2">Related terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Related terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/hemiformal#English" title="hemiformal">hemiformal</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Translations_2">Translations</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="pseudo NavFrame" id="Translations-formalin"><div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left">formalin <span style="font-weight:normal">— <i>see </i></span><a href="/wiki/formalin#Translations" title="formalin">formalin</a></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.websters1913.com/words/Formal">formal</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webster%27s_Dictionary#Webster's_New_International_Dictionary_1909" class="extiw" title="w:Webster's Dictionary">Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary</a></cite>, Springfield, Mass.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merriam-Webster" class="extiw" title="w:Merriam-Webster">G. & C. Merriam</a>, <span class="None" lang="und">1913</span>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/800618302">→OCLC</a></small>.</span></span></li> <li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dwight_Whitney" class="extiw" title="w:William Dwight Whitney">William Dwight Whitney</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Eli_Smith" class="extiw" title="w:Benjamin Eli Smith">Benjamin E[li] Smith</a>, editors (<span class="None" lang="und">1911</span>), “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://server-66-113-234-189.da.direct/century-dictionary.com/html/wnph-chw.php?query=formal&type=dicts">formal</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_Dictionary" class="extiw" title="w:Century Dictionary">The Century Dictionary<span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">[</span></span><span title="and Cyclopedia: With a New Atlas of the World; a Work of General Reference in All Departments of Knowledge in Twelve Volumes">…</span><span class="q-hellip-b"><span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></span><span class="q-hellip-b"></span></a></cite>, New York, N.Y.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Century_Company" class="extiw" title="w:The Century Company">The Century Co.</a>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/867766587">→OCLC</a></small>.</span></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anagrams">Anagrams</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Anagrams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/Folmar#English" title="Folmar">Folmar</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Catalan">Catalan</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Catalan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#loanword" title="Appendix:Glossary">Borrowed</a> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/formalis#Latin" title="formalis">fōrmālis</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_2">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Catalan_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Catalan pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Catalan" class="extiw" title="w:Central Catalan">Central</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <span class="IPA">[furˈmal]</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Catalan_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Catalan pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balearic_Catalan" class="extiw" title="w:Balearic Catalan">Balearic</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <span class="IPA">[forˈmal]</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Catalan_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Catalan pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valencian_language" class="extiw" title="w:Valencian language">Valencia</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <span class="IPA">[foɾˈmal]</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r50165410" /><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio<span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_1" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="LL-Q7026_(cat)-Unjoanqualsevol-formal.wav" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e7/LL-Q7026_%28cat%29-Unjoanqualsevol-formal.wav/LL-Q7026_%28cat%29-Unjoanqualsevol-formal.wav.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e7/LL-Q7026_%28cat%29-Unjoanqualsevol-formal.wav/LL-Q7026_%28cat%29-Unjoanqualsevol-formal.wav.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/LL-Q7026_%28cat%29-Unjoanqualsevol-formal.wav" type="audio/wav" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:LL-Q7026_(cat)-Unjoanqualsevol-formal.wav" title="File:LL-Q7026 (cat)-Unjoanqualsevol-formal.wav">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjective_2">Adjective</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Adjective"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="ca">formal</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> (<i>masculine and feminine plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-ca p-form-of" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/formals#Catalan" title="formals">formals</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">formal</a></span> <dl><dd><span class="nyms antonym"><span class="defdate">Antonym:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/informal#Catalan" title="informal">informal</a></span></span></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_3">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/formalitzar#Catalan" title="formalitzar">formalitzar</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/formalment#Catalan" title="formalment">formalment</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/informal#Catalan" title="informal">informal</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Related_terms_3">Related terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Related terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/forma#Catalan" title="forma">forma</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="ca"><a href="/wiki/formalitat#Catalan" title="formalitat">formalitat</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading_2">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dlc.iec.cat/Results?EntradaText=formal&AccentSen=True">“formal”</a> in <i>Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició</i>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institut_d%27Estudis_Catalans" class="extiw" title="w:Institut d'Estudis Catalans">Institut d’Estudis Catalans</a>.</li> <li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.diccionari.cat/cerca/gran-diccionari-de-la-llengua-catalana?search_api_fulltext_cust=formal">formal</a>”, in <cite>Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana</cite>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grup_Enciclop%C3%A8dia_Catalana" class="extiw" title="w:Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana">Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana</a>, <span class="None" lang="und">2025</span></span></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.avl.gva.es/lexicval/xhtml/dnv.xhtml?paraula=formal">“formal”</a> in <i>Diccionari normatiu valencià</i>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acad%C3%A8mia_Valenciana_de_la_Llengua" class="extiw" title="w:Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua">Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua</a>.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dcvb.iec.cat/results.asp?Word=formal">“formal”</a> in <i>Diccionari català-valencià-balear</i>, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Crimean_Tatar">Crimean Tatar</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Crimean Tatar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_3">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Borrowed from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/formalis#Latin" title="formalis">formalis</a></i>, from <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/forma#Latin" title="forma">forma</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">form</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjective_3">Adjective</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Adjective"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="crh">formal</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">formal</a></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (<span class="None" lang="und">2002</span>) <cite>Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk</cite> [<cite><span class="e-translation">Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary</span></cite>]‎<sup><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.qypchaq.unesco.kz/Docs/Ukrainian_Crimean%20Tatar_dictionary.zip">[1]</a></sup>, Simferopol: Dolya, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/966-7980-89-8" title="Special:BookSources/966-7980-89-8">→ISBN</a></small></span></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Galician">Galician</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Galician"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1_2">Etymology 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Etymology 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Inherited from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/formalis#Latin" title="formalis">formalis</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pronunciation_3">Pronunciation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galician_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Galician phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/foɾˈmal/</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_3">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="gl">formal</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-gl p-form-of" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/formais#Galician" title="formais">formais</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/site" title="site">site</a>, <a href="/wiki/plot" title="plot">plot</a> <ul><li><b>1290</b>, M. Lucas Álvarez P. Lucas Domínguez (eds.), <i>El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos</i>. Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 415: <dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation" lang="gl"><i>damos a uos que tenades de nos essa cassa en que uos ora morades en Eyres, con seu saydo et con todo o <b>formal</b> dessa casa, asi como esta çerrada de muro ao tenpo da era desta carta.</i></span><dl><dd><span class="e-translation">we give you, for you to have, that house where you now dwell in Eires, with its garden and with the whole <b>plot</b> of that house, as it is enclosed with a wall at the time of this charter</span></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></li></ul> <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonym:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/sesego#Galician" title="sesego">sesego</a></span></span></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/foundation" title="foundation">foundation</a>, <a href="/wiki/ruin" title="ruin">ruin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/mould" title="mould">mould</a> for the production of <a href="/wiki/tiles" title="tiles">tiles</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2_2">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing" title="Appendix:Glossary">Learned borrowing</a> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/formalis#Latin" title="formalis">formalis</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Pronunciation_4">Pronunciation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galician_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Galician phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/foɾˈmal/</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Adjective_4">Adjective</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Adjective"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="gl">formal</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-gl p-form-of" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/formais#Galician" title="formais">formais</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">formal</a></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Derived_terms_4">Derived terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/formalmente#Galician" title="formalmente">formalmente</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Related_terms_4">Related terms</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Related terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/forma#Galician" title="forma">forma</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/formalidade#Galician" title="formalidade">formalidade</a></span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="gl"><a href="/wiki/informal#Galician" title="informal">informal</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Further_reading_3">Further reading</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://academia.gal/dicionario/-/termo/busca/formal">formal</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gl:Dicionario_da_Real_Academia_Galega" class="extiw" title="w:gl:Dicionario da Real Academia Galega">Dicionario da Real Academia Galega</a></cite> (in Galician), A Coruña: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Galician_Academy" class="extiw" title="w:Royal Galician Academy">Royal Galician Academy</a>, <span class="None" lang="und">2012</span>–<span class="None" lang="und">2025</span></span></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References_2">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gl:Ernesto_Xos%C3%A9_Gonz%C3%A1lez_Seoane" class="extiw" title="w:gl:Ernesto Xosé González Seoane">Ernesto Xosé González Seoane</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gl:Mar%C3%ADa_%C3%81lvarez_de_la_Granja" class="extiw" title="w:gl:María Álvarez de la Granja">María Álvarez de la Granja</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gl:Ana_Isabel_Boull%C3%B3n_Agrelo" class="extiw" title="w:gl:Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo">Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo</a> (<span class="None" lang="und">2006</span>–<span class="None" lang="und">2022</span>) “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ilg.usc.gal/ddgm/ddd_pescuda.php?pescuda=formal&tipo_busca=lema&comodins=s">formal</a>”, in <cite>Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval</cite> (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gl:Instituto_da_Lingua_Galega" class="extiw" title="w:gl:Instituto da Lingua Galega">Instituto da Lingua Galega</a></span></span></li> <li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (<span class="None" lang="und">2006</span>–<span class="None" lang="und">2018</span>) “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ilg.usc.gal/xelmirez/xelmirez.php?pescuda=formal&&corpus=xelmirez">formal</a>”, in <cite>Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval</cite> (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gl:Instituto_da_Lingua_Galega" class="extiw" title="w:gl:Instituto da Lingua Galega">Instituto da Lingua Galega</a></span></span></li> <li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gl:Ant%C3%B3n_Lu%C3%ADs_Santamarina_Fern%C3%A1ndez" class="extiw" title="w:gl:Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández">Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández</a>, editor (<span class="None" lang="und">2006</span>–<span class="None" lang="und">2013</span>), “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ilg.usc.gal/ddd/ddd_pescuda.php?lang=en&pescuda=formal&tipo_busca=lema&acentos=n">formal</a>”, in <cite>Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega</cite> [<cite><span class="e-translation">Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language</span></cite>] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gl:Instituto_da_Lingua_Galega" class="extiw" title="w:gl:Instituto da Lingua Galega">Instituto da Lingua Galega</a></span></span></li> <li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gl:Ant%C3%B3n_Lu%C3%ADs_Santamarina_Fern%C3%A1ndez" class="extiw" title="w:gl:Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández">Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gl:Ernesto_Xos%C3%A9_Gonz%C3%A1lez_Seoane" class="extiw" title="w:gl:Ernesto Xosé González Seoane">Ernesto Xosé González Seoane</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gl:Mar%C3%ADa_%C3%81lvarez_de_la_Granja" class="extiw" title="w:gl:María Álvarez de la Granja">María Álvarez de la Granja</a>, editors (<span class="None" lang="und">2003</span>–<span class="None" lang="und">2018</span>), “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ilg.usc.gal/TILG/en/search/simple">formal</a>”, in <cite>Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega</cite> (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gl:Instituto_da_Lingua_Galega" class="extiw" title="w:gl:Instituto da Lingua Galega">Instituto da Lingua Galega</a></span></span></li> <li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gl:Rosario_%C3%81lvarez_Blanco" class="extiw" title="w:gl:Rosario Álvarez Blanco">Rosario Álvarez Blanco</a>, editor (<span class="None" lang="und">2014</span>–<span class="None" lang="und">2024</span>), “<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ilg.usc.gal/tesouro/en/search#search=normal&mode=lema&q=formal">formal</a>”, in <cite>Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués</cite> (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gl:Instituto_da_Lingua_Galega" class="extiw" title="w:gl:Instituto da Lingua Galega">Instituto da Lingua Galega</a>, <small><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/issn/2659-3173">→ISSN</a></small></span></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="German">German</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: German"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_4">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i class="Latn mention" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/Form#German" title="Form">Form</a></i> +‎ <i class="Latn mention" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/-al#German" title="-al">-al</a></i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_5">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:German_pronunciation" title="Appendix:German pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/fɔʁˈmaːl/</span></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:German/a%CB%90l" title="Rhymes:German/aːl"><span class="IPA">-aːl</span></a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r50165410" /><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio<span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_2" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="De-formal.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/De-formal.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c7/De-formal.ogg/De-formal.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:De-formal.ogg" title="File:De-formal.ogg">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjective_5">Adjective</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Adjective"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="de">formal</strong> (<i>strong nominative masculine singular</i> <b class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formaler#German" title="formaler">formaler</a></b>, <i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#comparative" title="Appendix:Glossary">comparative</a></i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-de comparative-form-of" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formaler#German" title="formaler">formaler</a></b>, <i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#superlative" title="Appendix:Glossary">superlative</a></i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-de superlative-form-of" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/am#German" title="am">am</a> <a href="/wiki/formalsten#German" title="formalsten">formalsten</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="#English">formal</a> <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">being in accord with established forms</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Usage_notes">Usage notes</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Usage notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Not to be confused with <i class="Latn mention" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formell#German" title="formell">formell</a></i>. The adjectives <i class="Latn mention" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formell#German" title="formell">formell</a></i> and <i class="Latn mention" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/informell#German" title="informell">informell</a></i> express the presence or absence of ceremonies: <i>ein informelles Treffen</i> is a meeting in a near-private context. The adjective <i>formal</i> stresses the outward appearance (<a href="/wiki/pro_forma" title="pro forma">pro forma</a>) as opposed to the content or the spirit. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Declension">Declension</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Declension"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="NavFrame"> <div class="NavHead" style="text-align: left">Positive forms of <i lang="de" class="Latn">formal</i></div> <div class="NavContent"> <table border="1px solid #cdcdcd" style="border-collapse:collapse; background:var(--wikt-palette-white,#ffffff); color:inherit; width:100%" class="inflection-table"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightgrey,#cccccc);color:inherit">number & gender </th> <th colspan="3" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightgrey,#cccccc);color:inherit">singular </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightgrey,#cccccc);color:inherit">plural </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightgrey,#cccccc);color:inherit">masculine </th> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightgrey,#cccccc);color:inherit">feminine </th> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightgrey,#cccccc);color:inherit">neuter </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-yellow,#ebe8b9);color:inherit">predicative </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/er#German" title="er">er</a> <a href="/wiki/ist#German" title="ist">ist</a></span> <span class="Latn" lang="de"><strong class="selflink">formal</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/sie#German" title="sie">sie</a> <a href="/wiki/ist#German" title="ist">ist</a></span> <span class="Latn" lang="de"><strong class="selflink">formal</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/es#German" title="es">es</a> <a href="/wiki/ist#German" title="ist">ist</a></span> <span class="Latn" lang="de"><strong class="selflink">formal</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/sie#German" title="sie">sie</a> <a href="/wiki/sind#German" title="sind">sind</a></span> <span class="Latn" lang="de"><strong class="selflink">formal</strong></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="4" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightblue,#d9ebff);color:inherit">strong declension <br /> (without article) </th> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightblue,#d9ebff);color:inherit">nominative </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-er-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formaler#German" title="formaler">formaler</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-e-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formale#German" title="formale">formale</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-es-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formales#German" title="formales">formales</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-e-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formale#German" title="formale">formale</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightblue,#d9ebff);color:inherit">genitive </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-en-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalen#German" title="formalen">formalen</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-er-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formaler#German" title="formaler">formaler</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-en-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalen#German" title="formalen">formalen</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-er-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formaler#German" title="formaler">formaler</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightblue,#d9ebff);color:inherit">dative </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-em-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalem#German" title="formalem">formalem</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-er-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formaler#German" title="formaler">formaler</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-em-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalem#German" title="formalem">formalem</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-en-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalen#German" title="formalen">formalen</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightblue,#d9ebff);color:inherit">accusative </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-en-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalen#German" title="formalen">formalen</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-e-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formale#German" title="formale">formale</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-es-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formales#German" title="formales">formales</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-e-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formale#German" title="formale">formale</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="4" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-mint,#c0e4c0);color:inherit">weak declension <br /> (with definite article) </th> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-mint,#c0e4c0);color:inherit">nominative </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/der#German" title="der">der</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-e-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formale#German" title="formale">formale</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/die#German" title="die">die</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-e-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formale#German" title="formale">formale</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/das#German" title="das">das</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-e-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formale#German" title="formale">formale</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/die#German" title="die">die</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-en-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalen#German" title="formalen">formalen</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-mint,#c0e4c0);color:inherit">genitive </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/des#German" title="des">des</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-en-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalen#German" title="formalen">formalen</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/der#German" title="der">der</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-en-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalen#German" title="formalen">formalen</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/des#German" title="des">des</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-en-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalen#German" title="formalen">formalen</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/der#German" title="der">der</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-en-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalen#German" title="formalen">formalen</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-mint,#c0e4c0);color:inherit">dative </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/dem#German" title="dem">dem</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-en-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalen#German" title="formalen">formalen</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/der#German" title="der">der</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-en-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalen#German" title="formalen">formalen</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/dem#German" title="dem">dem</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-en-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalen#German" title="formalen">formalen</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/den#German" title="den">den</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-en-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalen#German" title="formalen">formalen</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-mint,#c0e4c0);color:inherit">accusative </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/den#German" title="den">den</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-en-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalen#German" title="formalen">formalen</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/die#German" title="die">die</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-e-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formale#German" title="formale">formale</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/das#German" title="das">das</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-e-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formale#German" title="formale">formale</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/die#German" title="die">die</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-en-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalen#German" title="formalen">formalen</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="4" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-peach,#e4d4c0);color:inherit">mixed declension <br /> (with indefinite article) </th> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-peach,#e4d4c0);color:inherit">nominative </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/ein#German" title="ein">ein</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-er-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formaler#German" title="formaler">formaler</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/eine#German" title="eine">eine</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-e-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formale#German" title="formale">formale</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/ein#German" title="ein">ein</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-es-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formales#German" title="formales">formales</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de">(<a href="/wiki/keine#German" title="keine">keine</a>)</span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-en-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalen#German" title="formalen">formalen</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-peach,#e4d4c0);color:inherit">genitive </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/eines#German" title="eines">eines</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-en-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalen#German" title="formalen">formalen</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/einer#German" title="einer">einer</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-en-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalen#German" title="formalen">formalen</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/eines#German" title="eines">eines</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-en-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalen#German" title="formalen">formalen</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de">(<a href="/wiki/keiner#German" title="keiner">keiner</a>)</span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-en-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalen#German" title="formalen">formalen</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-peach,#e4d4c0);color:inherit">dative </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/einem#German" title="einem">einem</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-en-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalen#German" title="formalen">formalen</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/einer#German" title="einer">einer</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-en-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalen#German" title="formalen">formalen</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/einem#German" title="einem">einem</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-en-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalen#German" title="formalen">formalen</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de">(<a href="/wiki/keinen#German" title="keinen">keinen</a>)</span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-en-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalen#German" title="formalen">formalen</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-peach,#e4d4c0);color:inherit">accusative </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/einen#German" title="einen">einen</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-en-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalen#German" title="formalen">formalen</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/eine#German" title="eine">eine</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-e-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formale#German" title="formale">formale</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/ein#German" title="ein">ein</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-es-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formales#German" title="formales">formales</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de">(<a href="/wiki/keine#German" title="keine">keine</a>)</span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-en-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalen#German" title="formalen">formalen</a></span> </td></tr> </tbody></table></div></div><div class="NavFrame"> <div class="NavHead" style="text-align: left">Comparative forms of <i lang="de" class="Latn">formal</i></div> <div class="NavContent"> <table border="1px solid #cdcdcd" style="border-collapse:collapse; background:var(--wikt-palette-white,#ffffff); color:inherit; width:100%" class="inflection-table"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightgrey,#cccccc);color:inherit">number & gender </th> <th colspan="3" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightgrey,#cccccc);color:inherit">singular </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightgrey,#cccccc);color:inherit">plural </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightgrey,#cccccc);color:inherit">masculine </th> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightgrey,#cccccc);color:inherit">feminine </th> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightgrey,#cccccc);color:inherit">neuter </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-yellow,#ebe8b9);color:inherit">predicative </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/er#German" title="er">er</a> <a href="/wiki/ist#German" title="ist">ist</a></span> <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formaler#German" title="formaler">formaler</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/sie#German" title="sie">sie</a> <a href="/wiki/ist#German" title="ist">ist</a></span> <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formaler#German" title="formaler">formaler</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/es#German" title="es">es</a> <a href="/wiki/ist#German" title="ist">ist</a></span> <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formaler#German" title="formaler">formaler</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/sie#German" title="sie">sie</a> <a href="/wiki/sind#German" title="sind">sind</a></span> <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formaler#German" title="formaler">formaler</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="4" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightblue,#d9ebff);color:inherit">strong declension <br /> (without article) </th> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightblue,#d9ebff);color:inherit">nominative </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-erer-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalerer#German" title="formalerer">formalerer</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-ere-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalere#German" title="formalere">formalere</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-eres-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formaleres#German" title="formaleres">formaleres</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-ere-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalere#German" title="formalere">formalere</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightblue,#d9ebff);color:inherit">genitive </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-eren-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formaleren#German" title="formaleren">formaleren</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-erer-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalerer#German" title="formalerer">formalerer</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-eren-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formaleren#German" title="formaleren">formaleren</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-erer-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalerer#German" title="formalerer">formalerer</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightblue,#d9ebff);color:inherit">dative </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-erem-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalerem#German" title="formalerem">formalerem</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-erer-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalerer#German" title="formalerer">formalerer</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-erem-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalerem#German" title="formalerem">formalerem</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-eren-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formaleren#German" title="formaleren">formaleren</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightblue,#d9ebff);color:inherit">accusative </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-eren-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formaleren#German" title="formaleren">formaleren</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-ere-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalere#German" title="formalere">formalere</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-eres-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formaleres#German" title="formaleres">formaleres</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-ere-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalere#German" title="formalere">formalere</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="4" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-mint,#c0e4c0);color:inherit">weak declension <br /> (with definite article) </th> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-mint,#c0e4c0);color:inherit">nominative </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/der#German" title="der">der</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-ere-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalere#German" title="formalere">formalere</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/die#German" title="die">die</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-ere-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalere#German" title="formalere">formalere</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/das#German" title="das">das</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-ere-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalere#German" title="formalere">formalere</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/die#German" title="die">die</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-eren-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formaleren#German" title="formaleren">formaleren</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-mint,#c0e4c0);color:inherit">genitive </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/des#German" title="des">des</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-eren-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formaleren#German" title="formaleren">formaleren</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/der#German" title="der">der</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-eren-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formaleren#German" title="formaleren">formaleren</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/des#German" title="des">des</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-eren-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formaleren#German" title="formaleren">formaleren</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/der#German" title="der">der</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-eren-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formaleren#German" title="formaleren">formaleren</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-mint,#c0e4c0);color:inherit">dative </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/dem#German" title="dem">dem</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-eren-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formaleren#German" title="formaleren">formaleren</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/der#German" title="der">der</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-eren-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formaleren#German" title="formaleren">formaleren</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/dem#German" title="dem">dem</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-eren-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formaleren#German" title="formaleren">formaleren</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/den#German" title="den">den</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-eren-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formaleren#German" title="formaleren">formaleren</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-mint,#c0e4c0);color:inherit">accusative </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/den#German" title="den">den</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-eren-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formaleren#German" title="formaleren">formaleren</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/die#German" title="die">die</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-ere-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalere#German" title="formalere">formalere</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/das#German" title="das">das</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-ere-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalere#German" title="formalere">formalere</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/die#German" title="die">die</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-eren-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formaleren#German" title="formaleren">formaleren</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="4" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-peach,#e4d4c0);color:inherit">mixed declension <br /> (with indefinite article) </th> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-peach,#e4d4c0);color:inherit">nominative </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/ein#German" title="ein">ein</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-erer-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalerer#German" title="formalerer">formalerer</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/eine#German" title="eine">eine</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-ere-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalere#German" title="formalere">formalere</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/ein#German" title="ein">ein</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-eres-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formaleres#German" title="formaleres">formaleres</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de">(<a href="/wiki/keine#German" title="keine">keine</a>)</span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-eren-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formaleren#German" title="formaleren">formaleren</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-peach,#e4d4c0);color:inherit">genitive </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/eines#German" title="eines">eines</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-eren-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formaleren#German" title="formaleren">formaleren</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/einer#German" title="einer">einer</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-eren-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formaleren#German" title="formaleren">formaleren</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/eines#German" title="eines">eines</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-eren-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formaleren#German" title="formaleren">formaleren</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de">(<a href="/wiki/keiner#German" title="keiner">keiner</a>)</span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-eren-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formaleren#German" title="formaleren">formaleren</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-peach,#e4d4c0);color:inherit">dative </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/einem#German" title="einem">einem</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-eren-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formaleren#German" title="formaleren">formaleren</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/einer#German" title="einer">einer</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-eren-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formaleren#German" title="formaleren">formaleren</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/einem#German" title="einem">einem</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-eren-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formaleren#German" title="formaleren">formaleren</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de">(<a href="/wiki/keinen#German" title="keinen">keinen</a>)</span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-eren-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formaleren#German" title="formaleren">formaleren</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-peach,#e4d4c0);color:inherit">accusative </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/einen#German" title="einen">einen</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-eren-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formaleren#German" title="formaleren">formaleren</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/eine#German" title="eine">eine</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-ere-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalere#German" title="formalere">formalere</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/ein#German" title="ein">ein</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-eres-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formaleres#German" title="formaleres">formaleres</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de">(<a href="/wiki/keine#German" title="keine">keine</a>)</span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-eren-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formaleren#German" title="formaleren">formaleren</a></span> </td></tr> </tbody></table></div></div><div class="NavFrame"> <div class="NavHead" style="text-align: left">Superlative forms of <i lang="de" class="Latn">formal</i></div> <div class="NavContent"> <table border="1px solid #cdcdcd" style="border-collapse:collapse; background:var(--wikt-palette-white,#ffffff); color:inherit; width:100%" class="inflection-table"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightgrey,#cccccc);color:inherit">number & gender </th> <th colspan="3" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightgrey,#cccccc);color:inherit">singular </th> <th rowspan="2" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightgrey,#cccccc);color:inherit">plural </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightgrey,#cccccc);color:inherit">masculine </th> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightgrey,#cccccc);color:inherit">feminine </th> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightgrey,#cccccc);color:inherit">neuter </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-yellow,#ebe8b9);color:inherit">predicative </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/er#German" title="er">er</a> <a href="/wiki/ist#German" title="ist">ist</a></span> <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/am#German" title="am">am</a> <a href="/wiki/formalsten#German" title="formalsten">formalsten</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/sie#German" title="sie">sie</a> <a href="/wiki/ist#German" title="ist">ist</a></span> <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/am#German" title="am">am</a> <a href="/wiki/formalsten#German" title="formalsten">formalsten</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/es#German" title="es">es</a> <a href="/wiki/ist#German" title="ist">ist</a></span> <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/am#German" title="am">am</a> <a href="/wiki/formalsten#German" title="formalsten">formalsten</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/sie#German" title="sie">sie</a> <a href="/wiki/sind#German" title="sind">sind</a></span> <span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/am#German" title="am">am</a> <a href="/wiki/formalsten#German" title="formalsten">formalsten</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="4" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightblue,#d9ebff);color:inherit">strong declension <br /> (without article) </th> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightblue,#d9ebff);color:inherit">nominative </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-ster-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalster#German" title="formalster">formalster</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-ste-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalste#German" title="formalste">formalste</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-stes-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalstes#German" title="formalstes">formalstes</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-ste-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalste#German" title="formalste">formalste</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightblue,#d9ebff);color:inherit">genitive </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-sten-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalsten#German" title="formalsten">formalsten</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-ster-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalster#German" title="formalster">formalster</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-sten-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalsten#German" title="formalsten">formalsten</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-ster-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalster#German" title="formalster">formalster</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightblue,#d9ebff);color:inherit">dative </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-stem-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalstem#German" title="formalstem">formalstem</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-ster-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalster#German" title="formalster">formalster</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-stem-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalstem#German" title="formalstem">formalstem</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-sten-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalsten#German" title="formalsten">formalsten</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-lightblue,#d9ebff);color:inherit">accusative </th> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-sten-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalsten#German" title="formalsten">formalsten</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-ste-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalste#German" title="formalste">formalste</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-stes-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalstes#German" title="formalstes">formalstes</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-ste-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalste#German" title="formalste">formalste</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="4" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-mint,#c0e4c0);color:inherit">weak declension <br /> (with definite article) </th> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-mint,#c0e4c0);color:inherit">nominative </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/der#German" title="der">der</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-ste-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalste#German" title="formalste">formalste</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/die#German" title="die">die</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-ste-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalste#German" title="formalste">formalste</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/das#German" title="das">das</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-ste-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalste#German" title="formalste">formalste</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/die#German" title="die">die</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-sten-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalsten#German" title="formalsten">formalsten</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-mint,#c0e4c0);color:inherit">genitive </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/des#German" title="des">des</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-sten-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalsten#German" title="formalsten">formalsten</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/der#German" title="der">der</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-sten-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalsten#German" title="formalsten">formalsten</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/des#German" title="des">des</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-sten-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalsten#German" title="formalsten">formalsten</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/der#German" title="der">der</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-sten-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalsten#German" title="formalsten">formalsten</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-mint,#c0e4c0);color:inherit">dative </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/dem#German" title="dem">dem</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-sten-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalsten#German" title="formalsten">formalsten</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/der#German" title="der">der</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-sten-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalsten#German" title="formalsten">formalsten</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/dem#German" title="dem">dem</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-sten-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalsten#German" title="formalsten">formalsten</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/den#German" title="den">den</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-sten-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalsten#German" title="formalsten">formalsten</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-mint,#c0e4c0);color:inherit">accusative </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/den#German" title="den">den</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-sten-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalsten#German" title="formalsten">formalsten</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/die#German" title="die">die</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-ste-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalste#German" title="formalste">formalste</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/das#German" title="das">das</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-ste-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalste#German" title="formalste">formalste</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/die#German" title="die">die</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-sten-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalsten#German" title="formalsten">formalsten</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="4" style="background:var(--wikt-palette-peach,#e4d4c0);color:inherit">mixed declension <br /> (with indefinite article) </th> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-peach,#e4d4c0);color:inherit">nominative </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/ein#German" title="ein">ein</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-ster-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalster#German" title="formalster">formalster</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/eine#German" title="eine">eine</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-ste-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalste#German" title="formalste">formalste</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/ein#German" title="ein">ein</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-stes-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalstes#German" title="formalstes">formalstes</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de">(<a href="/wiki/keine#German" title="keine">keine</a>)</span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-sten-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalsten#German" title="formalsten">formalsten</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-peach,#e4d4c0);color:inherit">genitive </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/eines#German" title="eines">eines</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-sten-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalsten#German" title="formalsten">formalsten</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/einer#German" title="einer">einer</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-sten-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalsten#German" title="formalsten">formalsten</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/eines#German" title="eines">eines</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-sten-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalsten#German" title="formalsten">formalsten</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de">(<a href="/wiki/keiner#German" title="keiner">keiner</a>)</span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-sten-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalsten#German" title="formalsten">formalsten</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-peach,#e4d4c0);color:inherit">dative </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/einem#German" title="einem">einem</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-sten-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalsten#German" title="formalsten">formalsten</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/einer#German" title="einer">einer</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-sten-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalsten#German" title="formalsten">formalsten</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/einem#German" title="einem">einem</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-sten-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalsten#German" title="formalsten">formalsten</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de">(<a href="/wiki/keinen#German" title="keinen">keinen</a>)</span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-sten-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalsten#German" title="formalsten">formalsten</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:var(--wikt-palette-peach,#e4d4c0);color:inherit">accusative </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/einen#German" title="einen">einen</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-sten-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalsten#German" title="formalsten">formalsten</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/eine#German" title="eine">eine</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-ste-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalste#German" title="formalste">formalste</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/ein#German" title="ein">ein</a></span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-stes-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalstes#German" title="formalstes">formalstes</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="de">(<a href="/wiki/keine#German" title="keine">keine</a>)</span> <span class="Latn form-of lang-de adj-form-sten-form-of origin-formal" lang="de"><a href="/wiki/formalsten#German" title="formalsten">formalsten</a></span> </td></tr> </tbody></table></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading_4">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/formal">formal</a>” in <i>Duden</i> online</li> <li>“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.dwds.de/?q=formal">formal</a>” in <i>Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Indonesian">Indonesian</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: Indonesian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjective_6">Adjective</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: Adjective"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="id">formal</strong> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn" lang="id"><strong class="selflink">formal</strong>-<strong class="selflink">formal</strong></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">formal</a></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Alternative_forms">Alternative forms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="id"><a href="/wiki/formil#Indonesian" title="formil">formil</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Malay">Malay</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: Malay"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_5">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language" class="extiw" title="w:English language">English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">formal</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English" class="extiw" title="w:Middle English">Middle English</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm"><a href="/wiki/formel#Middle_English" title="formel">formel</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_French" class="extiw" title="w:Old French">Old French</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fro"><a href="/wiki/formel#Old_French" title="formel">formel</a></i>, from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/formalis#Latin" title="formalis">fōrmālis</a></i>, from <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/forma#Latin" title="forma">fōrma</a></i> <span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss"><a href="/wiki/form" title="form">form</a></span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_6">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=51" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Malay_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Malay pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">[fɔ(r).məl]</span>, <span class="IPA">[fo(r).mal]</span></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rhymes:Malay/%C9%99l&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rhymes:Malay/əl (page does not exist)"><span class="IPA">-əl</span></a>, <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:Malay/al" title="Rhymes:Malay/al"><span class="IPA">-al</span></a></li> <li>Hyphenation: <span class="Latn" lang="ms">for‧mal</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjective_7">Adjective</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=52" title="Edit section: Adjective"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="ms">formal</strong> (<i>Jawi spelling</i> <b class="Arab ms-Arab" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%84#Malay" title="فورمل">فورمل</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">Formal</a></span>: <dl><dd><span class="nyms antonym"><span class="defdate">Antonym:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/informal#Malay" title="informal">informal</a></span></span></dd></dl> <ol><li>Being in accord with established <a href="/wiki/forms" title="forms">forms</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/official" title="official">Official</a>. <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonym:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/rasmi#Malay" title="rasmi">rasmi</a></span></span></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ceremonial" title="ceremonial">Ceremonial</a> or <a href="/wiki/traditional" title="traditional">traditional</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/proper" title="proper">Proper</a>, according to strict <a href="/wiki/etiquette" title="etiquette">etiquette</a>; not <a href="/wiki/casual" title="casual">casual</a>. <dl><dd><span class="nyms antonym"><span class="defdate">Antonym:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="ms"><a href="/w/index.php?title=kasual&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="kasual (page does not exist)">kasual</a></span></span></dd></dl></li></ol></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Affixations">Affixations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=53" title="Edit section: Affixations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher-wrapper"><div class="term-list columns-bg"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/formalkan#Malay" title="formalkan">formalkan</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/keformalan#Malay" title="keformalan">keformalan</a></span></li><li><span class="Latn" lang="ms"><a href="/wiki/pemformalan#Malay" title="pemformalan">pemformalan</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading_5">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=54" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://prpm.dbp.gov.my/Cari1?keyword=formal">formal</a>” in <cite>Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre</cite>, Kuala Lumpur: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewan_Bahasa_dan_Pustaka" class="extiw" title="w:Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka">Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka</a>, 2017.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Piedmontese">Piedmontese</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=55" title="Edit section: Piedmontese"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_6">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=56" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/formalis#Latin" title="formalis">formalis</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_7">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=57" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piedmontese_phonology" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Piedmontese phonology">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/furˈmal/</span></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:Piedmontese/al" title="Rhymes:Piedmontese/al"><span class="IPA">-al</span></a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjective_8">Adjective</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=58" title="Edit section: Adjective"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="pms">formal</strong></span> </p> <ol><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">formal</a></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Portuguese">Portuguese</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=59" title="Edit section: Portuguese"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_7">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=60" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing" title="Appendix:Glossary">Learned borrowing</a> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/formalis#Latin" title="formalis">fōrmālis</a></i>. By <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#surface_analysis" title="Appendix:Glossary">surface analysis</a>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/forma#Portuguese" title="forma">forma</a></i> +‎ <i class="Latn mention" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/-al#Portuguese" title="-al">-al</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_8">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=61" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="vsSwitcher" data-toggle-category="pronunciations" style="width: 50em; max-width:100%;"><span class="vsToggleElement" style="float: right;"> </span> <div class="vsShow" style="display:none"> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Portuguese" class="extiw" title="w:Brazilian Portuguese">Brazil</a></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Portuguese_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Portuguese pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/foʁˈmaw/</span> <span class="IPA">[foɦˈmaʊ̯]</span></li></ul></div> <div class="vsHide"> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Portuguese" class="extiw" title="w:Brazilian Portuguese">Brazil</a></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Portuguese_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Portuguese pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/foʁˈmaw/</span> <span class="IPA">[foɦˈmaʊ̯]</span> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulistano_dialect" class="extiw" title="w:Paulistano dialect">São Paulo</a></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Portuguese_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Portuguese pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/foɾˈmaw/</span> <span class="IPA">[foɾˈmaʊ̯]</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carioca#Sociolect" class="extiw" title="w:Carioca">Rio de Janeiro</a></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Portuguese_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Portuguese pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/foʁˈmaw/</span> <span class="IPA">[foʁˈmaʊ̯]</span></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">Southern Brazil</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Portuguese_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Portuguese pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/foɻˈmaw/</span> <span class="IPA">[foɻˈmaʊ̯]</span></li></ul></li></ul></div></div> <div class="vsSwitcher" data-toggle-category="pronunciations" style="width: 50em; max-width:100%;"><span class="vsToggleElement" style="float: right;"> </span> <div class="vsShow" style="display:none"> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Portuguese" class="extiw" title="w:European Portuguese">Portugal</a></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Portuguese_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Portuguese pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/fuɾˈmal/</span> <span class="IPA">[fuɾˈmaɫ]</span></li></ul></div> <div class="vsHide"> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Portuguese" class="extiw" title="w:European Portuguese">Portugal</a></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Portuguese_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Portuguese pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/fuɾˈmal/</span> <span class="IPA">[fuɾˈmaɫ]</span> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">Southern Portugal</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Portuguese_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Portuguese pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/fuɾˈma.li/</span></li></ul></li></ul></div></div> <p><span></span> </p> <ul><li>Rhymes: <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">Portugal</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:Portuguese/al" title="Rhymes:Portuguese/al"><span class="IPA">-al</span></a>, <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">Brazil</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:Portuguese/aw" title="Rhymes:Portuguese/aw"><span class="IPA">-aw</span></a></li> <li>Hyphenation: <span class="Latn" lang="pt">for‧mal</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjective_9">Adjective</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=62" title="Edit section: Adjective"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="pt">formal</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-pt p-form-of" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/formais#Portuguese" title="formais">formais</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">formal</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss">being in accord with established forms</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">)</span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">formal</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss">official</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">)</span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">formal</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss">relating to the form or structure of something</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">)</span></li> <li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">formal</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss">ceremonial</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">)</span></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac label-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content label-content"><a href="/wiki/logic" title="logic">logic</a></span><span class="ib-brac label-brac">)</span></span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">formal</a></span> <span class="mention-gloss-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss">involving mere manipulations of symbols</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren">)</span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_5">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=63" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/formalmente#Portuguese" title="formalmente">formalmente</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Further_reading_6">Further reading</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=64" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dicionario-aberto.net/search/formal">formal</a>” in <i>Dicionário Aberto</i> based on <i>Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo</i>, 1913</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Romanian">Romanian</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=65" title="Edit section: Romanian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_8">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=66" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#loanword" title="Appendix:Glossary">Borrowed</a> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" class="extiw" title="w:French language">French</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/formel#French" title="formel">formel</a></i>, <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/formalis#Latin" title="formalis">formalis</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_9">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=67" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Romanian_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Romanian pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/forˈmal/</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjective_10">Adjective</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=68" title="Edit section: Adjective"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="ro">formal</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr></span> (<i>feminine singular</i> <b class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal%C4%83&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="formală (page does not exist)">formală</a></b>, <i>masculine plural</i> <b class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/formali#Romanian" title="formali">formali</a></b>, <i>feminine and neuter plural</i> <b class="Latn" lang="ro"><a 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<td><span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal%C4%83&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="formală (page does not exist)">formală</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/formali#Romanian" title="formali">formali</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/formale#Romanian" title="formale">formale</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th class="secondary">definite </th> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=formalul&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="formalul (page does not exist)">formalul</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/formala#Romanian" title="formala">formala</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=formalii&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="formalii (page does not exist)">formalii</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=formalele&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="formalele (page does not exist)">formalele</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">genitive-<br />dative </th> <th class="secondary">indefinite </th> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="ro"><strong class="selflink">formal</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/formale#Romanian" title="formale">formale</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/formali#Romanian" title="formali">formali</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/formale#Romanian" title="formale">formale</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th class="secondary">definite </th> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=formalului&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="formalului (page does not exist)">formalului</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=formalei&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="formalei (page does not exist)">formalei</a></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=formalilor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="formalilor (page does not exist)">formalilor</a></span> </td> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=formalelor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="formalelor (page does not exist)">formalelor</a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Related_terms_5">Related terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=70" title="Edit section: Related terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/wiki/formalitate#Romanian" title="formalitate">formalitate</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Spanish">Spanish</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=71" title="Edit section: Spanish"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_9">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=72" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#loanword" title="Appendix:Glossary">Borrowed</a> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" class="extiw" title="w:Latin">Latin</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="la"><a href="/wiki/formalis#Latin" title="formalis">formālis</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_10">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=73" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Spanish_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Spanish pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/foɾˈmal/</span> <span class="IPA">[foɾˈmal]</span></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:Spanish/al" title="Rhymes:Spanish/al"><span class="IPA">-al</span></a></li> <li>Syllabification: <span class="Latn" lang="es">for‧mal</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjective_11">Adjective</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=74" title="Edit section: Adjective"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="es">formal</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> or <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr></span> (<i>masculine and feminine plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-es p-form-of" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/formales#Spanish" title="formales">formales</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">formal</a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/reliable" title="reliable">reliable</a>, <a href="/wiki/dependable" title="dependable">dependable</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_6">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=formal&action=edit&section=75" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div 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