forme
French, noun
forme is spelled F-O-R-M-E (5 letters) and appears 224 times per million words in written French, the 372nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Forme is a French feminine noun meaning “shape (geometrical representation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of former. With an accent, formé is a different word: “past participle of former”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Aspect extérieur, configuration caractéristique ou particulière d’une chose”.
What does forme mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineshape (geometrical representation)
- 2
feminineshape (physical appearance)
- 3
feminineform
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 3
second-person singular present imperative
suffix
- 1
-form
verb
- 1
past participle of former
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Aspect extérieur, configuration caractéristique ou particulière d’une chose. 2. État particulier et variable d'un être, d'une chose, d'un sentiment etc. 3. Les contours, les lignes. 4. Principe qui détermine et perfectionne la matière en la faisant passer de la virtualité à l'actualité, de la puissance à l'acte.
adjective: 1. Qui a reçu une formation. 2. (En parlant d’une femme) Dont le corps présente des formes prononcées. 3. Très agité, en parlant d’un plan d’eau, en particulier une mer ou un océan.
noun: 1. Quelqu’un qui a reçu une formation.
suffix: 1. Qui est en forme de.
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 forme
- formes plural
- formée feminine
- formés masculine plural
- formées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to forme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is forme in French?
forme appears 224 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).