Afrikaans vorming | ||
Albanian formimi | ||
Amharic ምስረታ | ||
Arabic تشكيل - تكوين | ||
Armenian կազմում | ||
Assamese গঠন | ||
Aymara uñstayaña | ||
Azerbaijani formalaşma | ||
Bambara formation (dacogo) ye | ||
Basque formakuntza | ||
Belarusian фарміраванне | ||
Bengali গঠন | ||
Bhojpuri गठन के बारे में बतावल गइल बा | ||
Bosnian formacija | ||
Bulgarian формиране | ||
Catalan formació | ||
Cebuano pagporma | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 编队 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 編隊 | ||
Corsican furmazione | ||
Croatian formacija | ||
Czech formace | ||
Danish dannelse | ||
Dhivehi އުފެދުމެވެ | ||
Dogri गठन करना | ||
Dutch vorming | ||
English formation | ||
Esperanto formado | ||
Estonian moodustumine | ||
Ewe wɔwɔme | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pagbuo | ||
Finnish muodostus | ||
French formation | ||
Frisian formaasje | ||
Galician formación | ||
Georgian ფორმირება | ||
German formation | ||
Greek σχηματισμός | ||
Guarani formación rehegua | ||
Gujarati રચના | ||
Haitian Creole fòmasyon | ||
Hausa samuwar | ||
Hawaiian hoʻokumu | ||
Hebrew היווצרות | ||
Hindi गठन | ||
Hmong tsim kom muaj | ||
Hungarian képződés | ||
Icelandic myndun | ||
Igbo guzobe | ||
Ilocano pormasion | ||
Indonesian pembentukan | ||
Irish foirmiú | ||
Italian formazione | ||
Japanese 形成 | ||
Javanese tatanan | ||
Kannada ರಚನೆ | ||
Kazakh қалыптастыру | ||
Khmer ការបង្កើត | ||
Kinyarwanda gushingwa | ||
Konkani निर्मिती जावप | ||
Korean 형성 | ||
Krio fɔmɛshɔn | ||
Kurdish damezirandin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) پێکهاتن | ||
Kyrgyz формация | ||
Lao ການສ້າງຕັ້ງ | ||
Latin formatio | ||
Latvian veidošanās | ||
Lingala formation ya kosala | ||
Lithuanian formavimas | ||
Luganda okutondebwawo | ||
Luxembourgish formatioun | ||
Macedonian формирање | ||
Maithili गठन | ||
Malagasy fiofanana | ||
Malay pembentukan | ||
Malayalam രൂപീകരണം | ||
Maltese formazzjoni | ||
Maori hanganga | ||
Marathi निर्मिती | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯐꯣꯔꯃꯦꯁꯟ ꯇꯧꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo formation siam a ni | ||
Mongolian формац | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဖွဲ့စည်းရေး | ||
Nepali गठन | ||
Norwegian formasjon | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mapangidwe | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଗଠନ | ||
Oromo ijaaramuu | ||
Pashto جوړښت | ||
Persian تشکیل | ||
Polish tworzenie | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) formação | ||
Punjabi ਗਠਨ | ||
Quechua formación nisqa | ||
Romanian formare | ||
Russian формирование | ||
Samoan faʻavaeina | ||
Sanskrit निर्माणम् | ||
Scots Gaelic cruthachadh | ||
Sepedi sebopego | ||
Serbian формација | ||
Sesotho sebopeho | ||
Shona kuumbwa | ||
Sindhi قيام | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ගොඩනැගීම | ||
Slovak tvorenie | ||
Slovenian nastanek | ||
Somali sameysmo | ||
Spanish formación | ||
Sundanese formasi | ||
Swahili malezi | ||
Swedish bildning | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pagbuo | ||
Tajik ташаккул | ||
Tamil உருவாக்கம் | ||
Tatar формалашуы | ||
Telugu నిర్మాణం | ||
Thai รูปแบบ | ||
Tigrinya ምቛም ምዃኑ’ዩ። | ||
Tsonga ku vumbiwa | ||
Turkish oluşum | ||
Turkmen emele gelmegi | ||
Twi (Akan) nhyehyɛɛ | ||
Ukrainian формування | ||
Urdu تشکیل | ||
Uyghur شەكىللىنىش | ||
Uzbek shakllanish | ||
Vietnamese sự hình thành | ||
Welsh ffurfio | ||
Xhosa ukubunjwa | ||
Yiddish פאָרמירונג | ||
Yoruba ibiyi | ||
Zulu ukwakheka |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "vorming" can also refer to the act of creating or shaping something. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "formimi" comes from the Latin word "formatio", meaning "the act of forming", and is related to the English word "form". |
| Amharic | The noun ምስረታ (misərrəta) may also mean a 'boundary,' 'limit,' or 'demarcation.' |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "تشكيل - تكوين" can refer to a physical structure, the act of forming, or the arrangement of elements. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "formalaşma" also means "freezing" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | Formakuntza is a Basque word that is formed by the verb |
| Bengali | গঠনের অন্য অর্থ 'সৃষ্টি', 'স্থান' এবং 'ব্যবস্থাপনা'. |
| Bosnian | In Bosnian, 'formacija' can also refer to a geological formation or a military formation. |
| Bulgarian | The word "формиране" can also mean "formulation" or "shaping" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | It can also refer to an educational program or the process of acquiring knowledge and skills. |
| Cebuano | Pagporma is also used to describe the process of shaping or developing something. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 编队 originated from the word 编制,which originally meant preparing cloth for war. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The word 編隊 can also mean "braid" or "to braid". |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "furmazione" can also refer to "education" or "training". |
| Croatian | The verb "formirati" (to form) and the noun "formacija" (formation) come from the Latin word "formare" (to give shape, form). |
| Czech | In Czech, "formace" can also mean a group of people united by a common activity or purpose, such as a band or a political party. |
| Danish | "Dannelse" has a double meaning, in the sense of either a forming or the result of one’s upbringing. |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "vorming" also means "education" or "training", and is often used in a formal or academic context. |
| Esperanto | Esperanto "formado" (formation) derives from Latin "forma" (shape) and is also the root of "formato" (format). |
| Estonian | "Moodustumine" is derived from "moodustama" ("to establish, to form, to shape"). It shares its root "mood" with "mood" in English. |
| Finnish | "Muodostus" in Finnish can also refer to the act of creating a bond, relationship, or organization. |
| French | In French, "formation" can refer to the physical appearance of something like a cloud or rock formation, or to the act of being trained or educated. |
| Frisian | In some older texts, "formaasje" also denotes the shape of a piece of cheese |
| Galician | In Galician, "formación" can refer to a training course or to the act of molding or shaping something. |
| Georgian | "ფორმირება" is commonly translated to "formation" in English, however, it also carries the abstract meaning of "training," specifically intellectual training. |
| German | German "Formation" from Latin "formare" means "formation" in English, but can also mean "formation flight" of military aircraft |
| Greek | The Greek word "σχηματισμός" also refers to a grammatical term denoting a process of forming a word from a root. |
| Gujarati | "રચના" refers to both physical formations like a building and literary compositions in Gujarati. |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "fòmasyon" can also refer to a type of voodoo ceremony involving music and dance. |
| Hausa | In Hausa, "samuwar" not only means "formation" but also refers to the act of forming something or the result of that action. |
| Hawaiian | "Hoʻokumu" in Hawaiian can also mean "to establish," "to create," or "to found." |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "היווצרות" also means "genesis" or "coming into being". |
| Hindi | "गठन" also refers to a set of rules or a system, as in "सरकार का गठन" (formation of a government). |
| Hmong | The phrase "tsim kom muaj" can also refer to the process of shaping or developing into a specific form. |
| Hungarian | The word "képződés" in Hungarian also means "education" or "training". |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "myndun" derives from the Old Norse word "myndan", which means "to create; to produce; to fashion". |
| Igbo | Igbo 'guzobe' may also mean 'set' or a 'group' |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "pembentukan" can also mean "education" or "training". |
| Irish | "Foirmiú" can also mean "the act of forming" or "the state of being formed." |
| Italian | "Formazione" can also refer to the process of building or shaping something or the group of people or things that have been formed. |
| Japanese | In Japanese, "形成" can alternatively refer to the action of molding material, or something that serves as a model upon which something else is fashioned. |
| Javanese | The word "tatanan" can also refer to the arrangement of objects or the order of events. |
| Kannada | "ರಚನೆ" also means 'structure', 'composition' and 'construction'. |
| Kazakh | The word 'қалыптастыру' can also refer to the process of shaping or molding something. |
| Khmer | The term "ការបង្កើត" in Khmer can also refer to the act of creating something, such as a new product or idea. |
| Korean | 형성 is derived from hanja 形成 meaning "to create" or "to make". |
| Kurdish | The alternate meaning of the word "damezirandin" is "to be established". |
| Kyrgyz | Kyrgyz "формация" also refers to the "process of formation" as well as "structure, organization, system". |
| Lao | The word ກດສປຈງ in Lao can also refer to the act of establishing something, such as an organization or government. |
| Latin | **Formatio** in Latin can also mean 'fashioning,' 'shaping,' 'or building a ship. |
| Latvian | Veidošanās in Latvian comes from the word veidot which means to form, shape, or create. |
| Lithuanian | The word "formavimas" can also mean "training" or "education". |
| Macedonian | "Формирање" also means "formation of a person's character or personality", "establishment of a political party or organization", "creation of a work of art". |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "fiofanana" is derived from the root "fio" meaning "to create" or "to make". |
| Malay | The Javanese term `bentukan` signifies "the physical aspect of a human being" and is the cognate of Malay `pembentukan`. |
| Malayalam | രൂപീകരണം can also refer to the process of giving something a particular form or shape. |
| Maltese | Formazzjoni can also mean "training" and derives from the Italian word "formazione," which has the same meaning. |
| Maori | The word "hanganga" also refers to the process of forming or shaping something. |
| Marathi | निर्मिती, meaning "creation", is also the name of a Marathi film and television production company. |
| Mongolian | The word формац is borrowed from Russian and can also mean "educational system" in Mongolian. |
| Nepali | गठन can refer to the act of solidifying or hardening, or to the creation of something. |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "formasjon" can also refer to a military unit or a geological structure. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "mapangidwe" in Nyanja has an alternate meaning of "arrangement" or "organization". |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "جوړښت" also means "structure", "makeup", and "organization". |
| Persian | The word "تشکیل" in Persian can also refer to "composition" or "constitution". |
| Polish | The word 'tworzenie' also means 'creation' and is derived from the verb 'творить' (tvorit), meaning 'to create'. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "formação" in Portuguese also means "education" or "training". |
| Punjabi | In the context of Punjabi poetry, "ਗਠਨ" can also refer to a type of poetic structure. |
| Romanian | Formarea can mean both "formation" and "training" (of people). |
| Russian | The Russian word "формирование" can also refer to a military unit or a geological structure. |
| Samoan | The word "faʻavaeina" ("formation") literally means "to make something stand up" in Samoan. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic word "cruthachadh" can also mean "shape" or "form" in the context of geology or mathematics. |
| Serbian | , it can also refer to a military organization |
| Sesotho | In some dialects, "sebopeho" also means "birthplace". |
| Shona | Kuumbwa in Shona is also a word that refers to a kind of dance that is performed during ceremonies. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "قيام" also means "establishment" or "foundation". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The Sinhalese word 'ගොඩනැගීම' also means 'the act of establishing or building something'. |
| Slovak | "Tvorenie" is the noun form of the Slovak verb "tvoriť," which means to create, or more specifically, to give form or structure to something, in both the physical and non-physical sense. |
| Slovenian | In Czech, “nastanek” means "coming into being" while in Polish it can also mean "beginning" or "inception." |
| Somali | The word "sameysmo" can also mean "act of forming" or "the result of forming" in Somali. |
| Spanish | As a noun, "formación" can also refer to a group of people or animals moving together in an organized manner. |
| Sundanese | Sundanese word "formasi" also means "a line of troops, especially one drawn up in battle array." |
| Swahili | The word "malezi" can also refer to upbringing or education, encompassing the process of shaping an individual's character and values. |
| Swedish | In Swedish, 'bildning' means both educational formation and personal cultivation, and derives from the now obsolete verb 'bilda' ('to create'). |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog term "pagbuo" (formation) also means "to create" or "to form something from scratch." |
| Tajik | In Tajik and Persian, "tašakkül" also means "collection, set, formation, group, team, organization". It comes from the Arabic word "tašakkul" which means "forming, shaping, organizing, gathering". The word "tašakkül" has also entered Armenian as "tašakul" with the same meaning. |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "உருவாக்கம்" can also refer to a type of literary composition or a particular poetic form. |
| Telugu | In geology, 'నిర్మాణం' refers to the arrangement and structure of layers of rock. |
| Thai | The word "รูปแบบ" can also mean "pattern" or "style". |
| Turkish | In geology, "oluşum" refers to a distinctive layer of rock within a larger rock formation. |
| Ukrainian | The word "формування" also means "education". |
| Urdu | Urdu "تشکیل" can refer to an army regiment or battalion "formation" or to a "physical shape", which is ultimately rooted in the Arabic term "form." |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "shakllanish" also has the alternate meaning of "the process of becoming something" |
| Vietnamese | "Sự hình thành" is also the Vietnamese term for "gestation" in biology (the period between conception and birth). |
| Welsh | It is cognate with the Greek word φόρμα (form) and the Latin word forma (form). |
| Xhosa | Ukubunjwa can also mean "to give something a form" or "to cause something to take shape". |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "פאָרמירונג" also means "conformation" or "posture" in English. |
| Yoruba | The word 'Ibiyi' also refers to the act of forming or creating something. |
| Zulu | "Ukukwakheka" is an isiZulu word derived from the verb "ukukwakha" (to build) and denotes both a physical formation or structure, as well as the process or act of creating or forming something. |
| English | The word "formation" also refers to the process of creating something, such as a new organization or product. |