shape

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The status or condition of something
2. (countable, uncountable) Condition of personal health, especially muscular health.
3. (countable, uncountable) A graphical representation of an object's form or its external boundary, outline, or external surface.
4. (countable, uncountable) Form; formation.
5. (countable, uncountable) A rolled or hammered piece, such as a bar, beam, angle iron, etc., having a cross section different from merchant bar.
6. (countable, uncountable) A piece which has been roughly forged nearly to the form it will receive when completely forged or fitted.
7. (archaic, countable, uncountable) A mould for making blancmange, jelly, etc., or a piece of such food formed moulded into a particular shape.
8. (countable, uncountable) A loaded die.
9. (countable, uncountable) In the Hack programming language, a group of data fields each of which has a name and a data type.

Verb

1. (Northern-England, Scotland, rare) To create or make.
2. (transitive) To give something a shape and definition.
3. To form or manipulate something into a certain shape.
4. (person) To give influence to.
5. To suit; to be adjusted or conformable.
6. (obsolete) To imagine; to conceive.

Concepts

forme

former

façonner

silhouette

influer

influencer

forger

figure

apparence

empreindre

imprimer

mouler

contenir

contour

corps

créer

de

décider

définition

déterminer

élaboration

en

éteindre

être

fabriquer

guise

incarnation

ligne

marquer

modeler

moule

pétrir

physique

plastique

procédé

régler

réguler

santé

⚕️

serrer

style

transformer

type

coincer

corps humain

prendre corps

réglementer

donner une forme

façconner

accort

Corps humain

Synonymes

form

figure

appearance

mold

mould

build

fashion

model

outline

make

style

physique

create

contour

frame

image

cut

body

configuration

look

structure

pattern

cast

face

human body

way

conformation

condition

feature

state

stature

forge

format

carve

influence

mould

formation

manner

mold

turn

work

anatomy

sculpture

silhouette

design

looks

knead

formative

contours

bod

Traductions

Form

forma

forma

Gestalt

formare

forma

vorm

formen

sagoma

forma

forma

plasmare

μορφή

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ʃeɪp/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: shap

Hérité de ancien anglais: ġesceap

Appartenant à moyen néerlandais: schap

Appartenant à moyen haut-allemand: geschaf

Appartenant à islandais: skap

Hérité de moyen anglais: shapen

Hérité de ancien anglais: scieppan

Appartenant à néerlandais: scheppen

Appartenant à allemand: schaffen

Appartenant à suédois: skapa

Appartenant à norvégien bokmål: skape

In summary

From Middle English shap, schape, from Old English ġesceap (“shape, form, created being, creature, creation, dispensation, fate, condition, sex, gender, genitalia”), from Proto-West Germanic *ga- + *skap, from Proto-Germanic *ga- + *skapą (“shape, nature, condition”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to split, cut”).
The verb is from Middle English shapen, schapen, from Old English scieppan (“to shape, form, make, create, assign, arrange, destine, order, adjudge”), from Proto-West Germanic *skappjan, from Proto-Germanic *skapjaną (“to create”), from the noun.
The noun is cognate with Middle Dutch schap (“form”), Middle High German geschaf (“creature”), Icelandic skap (“state, condition, temper, mood”). The verb is cognate with Dutch scheppen, German schaffen, Swedish skapa (“create, make”), Norwegian Bokmål skape (“create”). Doublet of -ship.

Phrases

The exact shape of the cavity is often dependent on how many lamps are used .

La forme exacte de la cavité dépend souvent du nombre de lampes utilisées.

The resulting cloth is heavy and wrinkle-resistant, and retains its shape well .

Le tissu résultant est lourd et résistant aux rides et conserve bien sa forme.