-forme
Spanish, suffix
-forme is spelled F-O-R-M-E (5 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 16,777th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). -forme is a Spanish feminine suffix meaning “-shaped, -form, -like” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, forme is a different word: “first/third-person singular present subjunctive”. On this page, formé is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of formar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Elemento compositivo que aparece en adjetivos y sustantivos para expresar la idea de "forma, con forma de…”.
What does -forme mean in English?
suffix
- 1
femininemasculine-shaped, -form, -like
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of formar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
suffix: 1. Elemento compositivo que aparece en adjetivos y sustantivos para expresar la idea de "forma, con forma de, semejante a" el elemento con que se combinan.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How common is -forme in Spanish?
-forme appears 3.1 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).