formal

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

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.

Noun

1. An evening gown.
2. An event with a formal dress code.
3. A formal parameter.
4. Ellipsis of formal hall..

Noun

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

Sinonieme

official

ceremonious

ceremonial

stiff

conventional

solemn

regular

ritual

proper

stately

prim

evening gown

ball

dinner gown

affected

pompous

public

dinner dress

courtly

schematic

punctilious

open

bureaucratic

authoritative

methodical

normal

serious

ritualistic

cold

🥶

distant

strict

stuffy

systematic

heartless

honest

inanimate

in earnest

insensate

insensitive

legal

legitimate

lifeless

measured

meticulous

ministerial

modal

narrow

notable

office

🏢

orderly

orthodox

perfunctory

pharisaical

precise

abstract

procedural

promenade

rectangular

reserved

rigid

seriously

set

somber

soulless

spiritless

square

starched

starchy

tight

typical

uneasy

unfeeling

usual

valid

vapid

balldress

by the book

form-only

methylal

dimethoxym ethane

liquor formaldehydi

pretentious

accidental

aloof

bookish

businesslike

callous

careful

categorical

certified

cocktail dress

constrained

correct

courteous

dance

💃

decorous

dignified

dry

dull

earnest

elegant

established

evening clothes

external

formalin

formalised

formalistic

formality

formally

gala

genteel

gentle

governmental

grand

Gekoppel as

for‧mal

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈfɔɹməl/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: formel

In summary

From Middle English formel, borrowed from Old French formel, from Latin fōrmālis, from fōrma (“form”); equivalent to form + -al.