English Explanatory Dictionary

formans

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of formative (“language unit, typically a morph, that has a morphological function”).
name
  1. A small river in eastern France.

Word forms

formans formantia

Etymology

Borrowed from German Formans, from Latin elementum fōrmāns (“forming element”), with fōrmāns being the present participle of fōrmō (“to shape; to form; to fashion”). Doublet of formant.

Synonyms

formative
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