formal

Etymology 1
From, borrowed from , from , from ; equivalent to.

Adjective

 * 1) Being in accord with established forms.
 * 2) Official.
 * 3) Relating to the form or structure of something.
 * 4) Relating to formation.
 * 5) Ceremonial or traditional.
 * 6) Proper, according to strict etiquette; not casual.
 * 7) Organized; well-structured and planned.
 * 8)  In accordance with a methodological framework with well-defined rules or laws; rigorous.
 * 9)  Relating to mere manipulation and construction of strings of symbols, without regard to their meaning.
 * 1) Ceremonial or traditional.
 * 2) Proper, according to strict etiquette; not casual.
 * 3) Organized; well-structured and planned.
 * 4)  In accordance with a methodological framework with well-defined rules or laws; rigorous.
 * 5)  Relating to mere manipulation and construction of strings of symbols, without regard to their meaning.
 * 1) Organized; well-structured and planned.
 * 2)  In accordance with a methodological framework with well-defined rules or laws; rigorous.
 * 3)  Relating to mere manipulation and construction of strings of symbols, without regard to their meaning.
 * 1)  Relating to mere manipulation and construction of strings of symbols, without regard to their meaning.
 * 1)  Relating to mere manipulation and construction of strings of symbols, without regard to their meaning.
 * 1)  Relating to mere manipulation and construction of strings of symbols, without regard to their meaning.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: formeel
 * Arabic:
 * Belarusian: фарма́льны
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: formel
 * Dhivehi:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ფორმალური
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Icelandic:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Macedonian: формален
 * Maori: ōkawa
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: maanyo
 * Ukrainian:


 * Afrikaans: formeel,
 * Arabic:
 * Bashkir: рәсми
 * Belarusian:, офіцыя́льны, фарма́льны
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ოფიციალური, ფორმალური
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Macedonian: официјален
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Tagalog: maanyo
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: офіці́йний, офіціа́льний,


 * Afrikaans: formeel
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German: Form-
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: پەتی
 * Macedonian: формален
 * Portuguese:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:, ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: церемонијален
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Portuguese:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish: protocolario


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dhivehi:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Portuguese:


 * Esperanto:
 * Ido:

Noun

 * 1)  An evening gown.
 * 2) An event with a formal dress code.
 * 3)  A formal parameter.
 * 1)  A formal parameter.
 * 1)  A formal parameter.

Etymology 2
See.

Noun

 * 1)  Formalin.
 * 2) An acetal formed from formaldehyde.

Etymology
.

Etymology
Borrowed from, from.

Etymology 1
Inherited from.

Noun

 * 1) site, plot
 * 2) * 1290, M. Lucas Álvarez P. Lucas Domínguez (eds.), El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos. Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 415:
 * "gl"

- damos a uos que tenades de nos essa cassa en que uos ora morades en Eyres, con seu saydo et con todo o formal dessa casa, asi como esta çerrada de muro ao tenpo da era desta carta.


 * 1) foundation, ruin
 * 2) mould for the production of tiles
 * 1) mould for the production of tiles

Etymology 2
.

Adjective

 * 1) formal

Usage notes
Not to be confused with. The adjectives and  express the presence or absence of ceremonies: ein informelles Treffen is a meeting in a near-private context. The adjective formal stresses the outward appearance (pro forma) as opposed to the content or the spirit.

Adjective

 * 1) formal

Alternative forms

 * formil

Etymology
From.

Etymology
Borrowed from. .

Adjective

 * 1)  being in accord with established forms
 * 2)  official
 * 3)  relating to the form or structure of something
 * 4)  ceremonial
 * 5)   involving mere manipulations of symbols

Etymology
,.

Etymology
.

Adjective

 * 1) reliable, dependable
 * 1) reliable, dependable