forma
Portuguese, noun
forma is spelled F-O-R-M-A (5 letters) and appears 646 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 136th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Forma is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “form; shape (the visible structure of a thing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of formar. With an accent, fôrma is a different word: “alternative spelling of forma (“mould, tin”)”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aparência externa”.
What does forma mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineform; shape (the visible structure of a thing)
- 2
feminineshape; figure (a geometric object)
- 3
feminineform (a conventional method way of doing something)
- 4
feminineform (each of the possible inflections of a lexeme)
- 5
feminineformation (alignment of troops)
- 6
femininebutton on pants
noun
- 1
femininetin (metal pan used for baking)
- 2
femininemould (hollow object into which a liquid is poured so that it solidifies into a specific shape)
- 3
femininetype; sort (block used to print a character)
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
noun
- 1
femininealternative spelling of forma (“mould, tin”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aparência externa 2. conjunto de superfícies que compõem um corpo 3. modo, jeito 4. estado
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of forma
- formas plural
- fôrma alternative
- fôrmas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to forma
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is forma in Portuguese?
forma appears 646 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).