format
French, noun
format is spelled F-O-R-M-A-T (6 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written French, the 2,514th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Format is a French masculine noun meaning “format” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, formât is a different word: “third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of former”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dimensions caractéristiques d’un objet”.
What does format mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineformat
verb
- 1
third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of former
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dimensions caractéristiques d’un objet. 2. Dimension d’un volume en hauteur et en largeur : elle est généralement déterminée par le nombre de feuillets que chaque feuille renferme. 3. Agencement structuré d’un support de données. 4. Disposition de ces données elles-mêmes.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of format
- formats plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to format
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is format in French?
format appears 32 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).