Form in Different Languages
Discover 'Form' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Form
Afrikaans vorm | ||
Albanian formë | ||
Amharic ቅጽ | ||
Arabic شكل | ||
Armenian ձև | ||
Assamese প্ৰপত্ৰ | ||
Aymara ukhama | ||
Azerbaijani forma | ||
Bambara mɔn | ||
Basque forma | ||
Belarusian форма | ||
Bengali ফর্ম | ||
Bhojpuri फारम | ||
Bosnian oblik | ||
Bulgarian форма | ||
Catalan forma | ||
Cebuano porma | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 形成 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 形成 | ||
Corsican forma | ||
Croatian oblik | ||
Czech formulář | ||
Danish form | ||
Dhivehi ފޯމު | ||
Dogri दरखास्त | ||
Dutch het formulier | ||
English form | ||
Esperanto formo | ||
Estonian vormis | ||
Ewe nᴐnᴐme | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) anyo | ||
Finnish muodossa | ||
French forme | ||
Frisian foarm | ||
Galician forma | ||
Georgian ფორმა | ||
German bilden | ||
Greek μορφή | ||
Guarani ysaja | ||
Gujarati ફોર્મ | ||
Haitian Creole fòm | ||
Hausa tsari | ||
Hawaiian palapala | ||
Hebrew טופס | ||
Hindi प्रपत्र | ||
Hmong daim ntawv | ||
Hungarian forma | ||
Icelandic form | ||
Igbo ụdị | ||
Ilocano porma | ||
Indonesian bentuk | ||
Irish fhoirm | ||
Italian modulo | ||
Japanese 形 | ||
Javanese wujud | ||
Kannada ರೂಪ | ||
Kazakh форма | ||
Khmer សំណុំបែបបទ | ||
Kinyarwanda ifishi | ||
Konkani प्रकार | ||
Korean 형태 | ||
Krio fɔm | ||
Kurdish şikil | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) فۆرم | ||
Kyrgyz форма | ||
Lao ແບບຟອມ | ||
Latin forma | ||
Latvian formā | ||
Lingala formilere | ||
Lithuanian forma | ||
Luganda foomu | ||
Luxembourgish form | ||
Macedonian форма | ||
Maithili प्रपत्र | ||
Malagasy teny | ||
Malay bentuk | ||
Malayalam ഫോം | ||
Maltese forma | ||
Maori puka | ||
Marathi फॉर्म | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯁꯦꯝꯕ | ||
Mizo siam | ||
Mongolian хэлбэр | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ပုံစံ | ||
Nepali फारम | ||
Norwegian skjema | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mawonekedwe | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଫର୍ମ | ||
Oromo unka | ||
Pashto ب .ه | ||
Persian فرم | ||
Polish formularz | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) formato | ||
Punjabi ਫਾਰਮ | ||
Quechua formulario | ||
Romanian formă | ||
Russian форма | ||
Samoan fomu | ||
Sanskrit आवेदनपत्रं | ||
Scots Gaelic fhoirm | ||
Sepedi sebopego | ||
Serbian облик | ||
Sesotho foromo | ||
Shona fomu | ||
Sindhi فارم | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ආකෘතිය | ||
Slovak formulár | ||
Slovenian oblika | ||
Somali qaab | ||
Spanish formar | ||
Sundanese wujud | ||
Swahili fomu | ||
Swedish form | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) form | ||
Tajik шакл | ||
Tamil வடிவம் | ||
Tatar форма | ||
Telugu రూపం | ||
Thai แบบฟอร์ม | ||
Tigrinya ፎርም | ||
Tsonga xivumbeko | ||
Turkish form | ||
Turkmen görnüşi | ||
Twi (Akan) fɔɔm | ||
Ukrainian форму | ||
Urdu فارم | ||
Uyghur شەكىل | ||
Uzbek shakl | ||
Vietnamese hình thức | ||
Welsh ffurf | ||
Xhosa ifom | ||
Yiddish פאָרעם | ||
Yoruba fọọmu | ||
Zulu ifomu |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, "vorm" also means "mold" or "matrix", reflecting its etymological roots in the Proto-Germanic word "formjo". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "formë" originated from the Latin "forma", meaning "shape, outline, model, appearance, beauty". |
| Amharic | "ቅጽ" can also mean "shape", "style", or "figure." |
| Arabic | In medieval Arabic the word "شكل" also meant a mathematical figure, a meaning preserved in its derivative "مشكّل". |
| Armenian | Armenian ձև, like English "form," relates to "shape" and "pattern" and further to "appearance" and "way of life" in a manner similar to Latin "forma." |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "forma" can also refer to a type of bread or a military uniform. |
| Basque | The word "forma" is also related to Basque words such as "erromia" (Rome) and "erromatar" (Roman). |
| Belarusian | The word “форма” means “shape” in Russian, but in Belarusian it can also mean “uniform” or “document”. |
| Bengali | The Bengali word "ফর্ম" can also refer to a physical or mental ability, or the way something is made. |
| Bosnian | In Croatian, "oblik" can also refer to a physical appearance or outward form of someone or something. |
| Bulgarian | In Bulgarian, "форма" can also mean "uniform" or "shape". |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "forma" has Latin and Italian influences and can also refer to a mould used to give something shape. |
| Cebuano | The word "porma" is a loanword from the Spanish "forma", and can also mean "shape", "manner", or "appearance" in Cebuano. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "形成" in Simplified Chinese can also refer to the formation of an idea, opinion, or theory |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The word "形成" can also mean "to form" or "to create" in Chinese. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "forma" can be used to refer to both physical shape and mental capacity. |
| Croatian | The word "oblik" in Croatian (meaning "form") can also refer to a "figure" or "shape". |
| Czech | Czech word "formulář" may be related to the archaic German word "formulier" meaning "a letter of instruction, a model, a pattern". |
| Danish | The Danish word "form" can also mean "shape" or "type". |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "het formulier" likely originated in medieval times and is related to the "formula" of the mass. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "formo" (form) is derived from the Latin word "forma" (shape or appearance) and can also mean "model" or "pattern." |
| Estonian | The Estonian word 'vormis' (form) derives from the Middle High German 'vorm,' referring to both physical shape and inner structure. |
| Finnish | The word "muodossa" ultimately derives from the Proto-Uralic root *muoto, which also means "shape" or "appearance". |
| French | "Forme" (form) can also mean "wooden seat" or "cheese shape" in French. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "foarm" can also mean "model" or "standard". |
| Galician | In Galician, "forma" can also mean "shape" or "way". |
| Georgian | The word "ფორმა" also means "uniform" or "dress" in Georgian. |
| German | The German word 'bilden' not only means 'form' but also 'educate' or 'train', which is related to its older meaning 'to shape' or 'to create'. |
| Greek | The word "μορφή" in Greek can also mean "shape" or "appearance". |
| Gujarati | The word "ફોર્મ" also means "row" or "line" in Gujarati, and is cognate with the English word "form". |
| Haitian Creole | "Fòm" (form) in Haitian Creole is derived from the French "formed", and can also refer to a specific type of Haitian theater or performance. |
| Hausa | The word 'tsari' can also refer to the 'shape' or 'condition' of something. |
| Hawaiian | "Palapala" means "form" in Hawaiian, but it also means "to write" and derives from "pala," meaning "to mark" or "leave an impression." |
| Hebrew | The word "טופס" (form) also refers to a mold for making something, like a cookie cutter. |
| Hindi | The term "प्रपत्र" also refers to a document used for official record-keeping. |
| Hmong | The word “daim ntawv” can also mean 'paper', which is a physical manifestation of a form, connecting to its primary meaning. |
| Hungarian | The word “forma” was borrowed from Latin but also appears in Old Hungarian with the original Uralic meaning of “shape”. |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic, the word "form" (form) can also refer to a mold or shape. |
| Igbo | Ụdị can also refer to a particular type, kind, or species. |
| Indonesian | As a verb, “membentuk” means to mold, shape, or form something, and can be used in both a physical and metaphorical sense. |
| Irish | The Irish word "fhoirm" can also refer to a "classroom" or "school". |
| Italian | The word "modulo" can also mean "within the limits of" or "taking into account". |
| Japanese | The character "形" (form) can also refer to "shape", "figure", or "pattern." |
| Javanese | The word "wujud" also means "being" or "existence" in Javanese philosophy. |
| Kannada | Roopa is also an aspect of a deity or god in Hinduism, especially Vishnu, in which they manifest themselves in a specific form or avatar. |
| Kazakh | In the ancient Turkic language, "forma" means "mold," "type," "kind". |
| Korean | The word "형태" can also refer to a physical or chemical structure or the way something is organized. |
| Kurdish | "Şikil" also means "beauty" in Persian, and "figure" or "pattern" in Turkish. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "форма" "form" can also refer to "suit" or "uniform" in Kyrgyz. |
| Lao | ບັບຟອມ is likely borrowed from Thai “แบบฟอร์ม” (baep form), referring to a blank template used for official documents, contracts, etc. |
| Latin | The Latin word "forma" derives from the Indo-European root "dher" (to hold), and has the secondary meaning of "mold" or "model." |
| Latvian | "Formā" (form) in Latvian also refers to a type of cake pan used to bake round or square cakes. |
| Lithuanian | "Forma" is also related to the Old Prussian "firman", meaning "to take place". |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "Form" can also refer to a written document or a physical shape, mirroring the multiple meanings of "form" in English. |
| Macedonian | The word "форма" in Macedonian originates from the Old Church Slavonic word "фѡρм" and the Latin "форма", and can also denote "shape" and "appearance."} |
| Malagasy | The word "teny" can also refer to a type of traditional Malagasy writing, where symbols are used to represent words or syllables. |
| Malay | Bentuk (form) is related to the word tubuh (body), both derived from the ancestor word tubu which means 'trunk of a tree' or 'body'. |
| Malayalam | In Malayalam, 'form' ('ഫോം') has an additional meaning of "an application form". |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "forma" is derived from the Latin word "forma", meaning "shape" or "pattern", and is cognate with the English word "form". |
| Maori | The word “puka” is sometimes used to describe a hole or opening, reflecting its physical shape. |
| Marathi | "फॉर्म" is also derived from Sanskrit, where it means "action." Like its English counterpart, it can also refer to a physical document that contains a set of questions. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word хэлбэр (form) derives from the word хэл (speech) and means 'that which is spoken', referring to the outer contour of an object. |
| Nepali | The word "फारम" can also refer to "a printed document with blank spaces for filling in"} |
| Norwegian | The word "skjema" also refers to a piece of clothing or a person's appearance. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'mawonekedwe' can also refer to the appearance of something or the physical condition of oneself. |
| Pashto | The word “ب .ه” appears in the word “تشکیلات” which means “formation”. |
| Persian | فرم ('form') has the alternative meaning(s) 'pattern', 'rule' |
| Polish | "Formularz" is derived from the Latin word "formula" and originally meant "prescription" or "recipe". Over time, the word's meaning shifted to "document" or "application form". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | Formato is derived from Latin 'formatus', meaning 'formed' or 'shaped' in Portuguese. |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word "ਫਾਰਮ" (faaram) also means "foam", and is related to the English word "froth". |
| Romanian | The word "formă" comes from the Latin word "forma", meaning both "form" and "shape". In Romanian, it is also used to refer to the shape of a face or body. |
| Russian | The Russian word "форма" has multiple meanings, including "form", "shape", "uniform", "document", and "mold". |
| Samoan | The word "fomu" in Samoan can also refer to the shape or appearance of something |
| Scots Gaelic | The word 'fhoirm' in Scots Gaelic may derive from the Proto-Celtic word 'pormos' or 'pormo,' meaning 'border,' 'edge,' or 'rim'. |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "облик" is derived from the Slavic word "obliky", which means "face" or "appearance". |
| Sesotho | The word "foromo" can also refer to the shape or appearance of something. |
| Shona | The word "fomu" is derived from the Bantu root -fom-, meaning to grow or mature. |
| Sindhi | In Sindhi, "فارم" ("form") also means "shape" or "style." |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | In addition to the meaning "form", the Sinhala word "ආකෘතිය" can also mean "method", "model", or "pattern". |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "formulár" is derived from the Latin word "formula", which also means "norm" in some languages. |
| Slovenian | The word 'oblika' derives from the Proto-Slavic root *obliky, also related to Russian 'облик' (oblik). |
| Somali | The word "qaab" can also mean "manner" or "custom" in Somali. |
| Spanish | The Spanish verb “formar” can also mean “to train” or “to educate. |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, "wujud" can also refer to the essence or manifestation of something. |
| Swahili | "Fomu" in Swahili can also mean "ceremony" or "ritual". |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "form" can also refer to a shape, appearance, or figure, and comes from the Latin word "forma". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word 'anyo' has several meanings, including 'form', 'shape', and 'figure'. |
| Tajik | Tajik “шакл” shares its roots with Russian “шаблон” (“template”) and ultimately derives from the French “patron” (“master”). |
| Tamil | "வடிவம்" (form) also means "shape", "appearance", "pattern", "design", "model", "style", "method", "system" or "way" in Tamil. |
| Telugu | The word "రూపం" in Telugu can also mean "appearance" or "beauty". |
| Thai | The word "แบบฟอร์ม" ("form") in Thai can also refer to a template or a format. |
| Turkish | The Turkish word "form" also has the meaning "mold" or "shape". |
| Ukrainian | "Форму" can also mean "uniform" or "mould" in different contexts. |
| Urdu | The Urdu word "فارم" (farm) also means a petition or an application, likely borrowed from the Portuguese "forma" |
| Uzbek | The word "shakl" (форма, shakl) has its roots in two different Turkic words. |
| Vietnamese | The word "hình thức" can also refer to outward appearance or manner, as in "cách hình thức" (manner). |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "ffurf" is derived from the Latin "forma" and also means "manner" or "style". |
| Xhosa | "Ifom" can also mean "shape" or "manner" in Xhosa, and is related to the word "ifolozi," meaning "mould" or "pattern." |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "פאָרעם" can also mean "rule", "design", or "mold". |
| Yoruba | The word "fọọmu" in Yoruba can also mean "shape" or "pattern". |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "ifomu" also refers to a traditional Zulu hat made of animal hides. |
| English | The word "form" derives from the Latin word "forma," which can mean "shape," "figure," or "beauty." |