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form [fɔ:m]forme ⇒ 1 (a)-(d), 1 (f)-(m), 1 (r), 1 (s) silhouette ⇒ 1 (b) formulaire ⇒ 1 (e) classe ⇒ 1 (n) former ⇒ 2 (a), 2 (b), 2 (e), 2 (f) façonner ⇒ 2 (a) se former ⇒ 2 (c), 3 (a), 3 (b) créer ⇒ 2 (d) composer ⇒ 2 (e)1 noun∎ in the form of a heart en forme de cœur;∎ her plan began to take form son projet a commencé à prendre tournure ou forme(b) (body, figure) forme f, silhouette f;∎ a slender form appeared at the door une silhouette élancée apparut à la porte;∎ the human form la forme humaine(c) (aspect, mode) forme f;∎ it's written in the form of a letter c'est écrit sous forme de lettre;∎ the Devil appeared in the form of a goat le diable apparut sous la forme d'une chèvre;∎ the same product in a new form le même produit présenté différemment;∎ what form should my questions take? comment devrais-je formuler mes questions?;∎ the interview took the form of an informal chat l'entrevue prit la forme d'une discussion informelle;∎ her anxiety showed itself in the form of anger son inquiétude se manifesta par de la colère(d) (kind, type) forme f, sorte f;∎ one form of cancer une forme de cancer;∎ we studied three different forms of government nous avons examiné trois systèmes de gouvernement ou trois régimes différents;∎ all forms of sugar le sucre sous toutes ses formes;∎ she sent some flowers as a form of thanks elle a envoyé des fleurs en guise de remerciements∎ to fill in or out a form remplir un formulaire;∎ printed form imprimé m(f) (condition) forme f, condition f;∎ in good form en pleine forme, en excellente condition;∎ John was British on or American in good form at lunch John était en forme ou plein d'entrain pendant le déjeuner;∎ British on or American in their current form they're unlikely to win étant donné leur forme actuelle ils ont peu de chances de gagner;∎ to study (the) form (in horse racing) examiner le tableau des performances des chevaux∎ form and content la forme et le fond;∎ his writing lacks form ce qu'il écrit n'est pas clair;∎ her ideas lack form ses idées sont confuses(h) (standard practice) forme f, règle f;∎ to do sth as a matter of form faire qch pour la forme;∎ what's the usual form in these cases? que fait-on d'habitude ou quelle est la marche à suivre dans ces cas-là?;∎ Law in due form en bonne et due forme∎ it's bad form cela ne se fait pas;∎ it's good form c'est de bon ton, cela se fait;∎ it is bad form to ask a lady her age ce n'est pas poli de demander son âge à une dame∎ form of address formule f de politesse;∎ the correct form of address for a senator la manière correcte de s'adresser à un sénateur;∎ it's only a form of speech ce n'est qu'une façon de parler;∎ the form of the marriage service les rites mpl du mariage∎ the masculine form la forme du masculin, le masculin∎ she's in the first/sixth form ≃ elle est en sixième/première∎ has he got form? est-ce qu'il a un casier judiciaire?(a) (shape) former, construire; (character, mind) former, façonner; (sentence) construire; Metallurgy former, façonner;∎ he formed the model out of or from clay il a sculpté ou façonné le modèle dans l'argile;∎ form the dough into a ball pétrissez la pâte en forme de boule;∎ she has trouble forming certain words elle a du mal à prononcer certains mots;∎ it was certainly a character-forming experience c'est sans aucun doute une expérience qui forme ou façonne le caractère(b) (take the shape of) former, faire;∎ the coastline forms a series of curves la côte forme une série de courbes;∎ the children formed a circle les enfants formèrent un cercle;∎ form a line please faites la queue s'il vous plaît;∎ the applicants formed a queue les candidats firent la queue∎ he's wary of forming friendships il hésite à nouer des amitiés;∎ to form an impression avoir une impression(d) (organize → association, club) créer, fonder; (→ committee, government) former; Commerce (→ company) fonder, créer;∎ they formed themselves into a committee ils se constituèrent en comité(e) (constitute) composer, former;∎ to form the basis of sth constituer la base de ou servir de base à qch;∎ to form (a) part of sth faire partie de qch;∎ the countries forming the alliance les pays qui constituent l'alliance∎ how to form the past tense comment former le passé composé(a) (materialize) se former, prendre forme;∎ doubts began to form in his mind des doutes commencèrent à prendre forme dans son esprit, il commença à avoir des doutes(b) (take shape) se former;∎ form into a line! alignez-vous!;∎ we formed into groups nous nous sommes mis en groupes, nous avons formé des groupes►► Linguistics form class catégorie f grammaticale;Computing form document document m canevas;Computing form feed avancement m du papier;form letter lettre f circulaire;British School form teacher, form tutor ≃ professeur m principal;Linguistics form word mot-outil m, mot m faisant fonction de désinenceBritish se mettre en ligne, s'aligner
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