🇮🇹 Italian

forma

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feminine

la forma

form

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forma
/la ˈfɔrma/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say forma in Italian?

IPA
/la ˈfɔrma/

How do you pronounce forma in Italian?

forma is pronounced /la ˈfɔrma/ in Italian.

Example sentences

La forma geometrica è perfetta e molto bella.

The geometric form is perfect and very beautiful.

Quella forma fisica straordinaria è il risultato di un allenamento intenso.

That extraordinary physical form is the result of intense training.

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Why is it feminine?

Forma is feminine in Italian because it derives from Latin *forma* (shape, form), which was feminine in the first declension (not second declension) and retained its grammatical gender through Romance language evolution. The Latin feminine ending *-a* naturally became the standard feminine marker in Italian, so words inherited from Latin feminine *-a* stems remained feminine.

What is the Italian word for form?

The Italian word for form is la forma — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchformulaire flips!lemasculine
🇪🇸 Spanishformalafeminine
🇵🇹 Portugueseformaafeminine

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