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formans¹

Where it comes from

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.

noun formantia

  1. Synonym of formative (“language unit, typically a morph, that has a morphological function”). These facts then clearly evidence such elements as enclitical particles which exercise certain morphological and/or syntactical functions, but which have not yet developed into actual suffixes obliged to conform to sound-harmony and the general accentuation pattern. Some elements of this type are th

    Similar: formative

Formans²

Where it comes from

From French Formans.

proper noun

  1. A small river in eastern France.

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name river

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DeutschFormans

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"formans." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/formans. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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formans. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/formans

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"formans." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/formans.

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@misc{formans_2026,
  title = {formans},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/formans},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}