formique
French, adjective/fɔʁ.mik/
formique is a French adjective meaning “formic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui provient de la fourmi”.
What does formique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
formic
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui provient de la fourmi. 2. Qualifie un acide corrosif sécrété par les fourmis, qu’on obtient par l’action des corps oxygénants sur certaines matières organiques.
adjective: 1. Équipé de mobilier revêtu de formica. 2. Revêtu de formica.
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 formique
- formiques plural
- formiqués plural masculine
- formiquée singular feminine
- formiquées plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce formique?
- /fɔʁ.mik/
- \fɔʁ.mik\
- \fɔʁ.mi.ke\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to formique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is formique in French?
formique appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).