pro forma

Meaning

Adj

pro forma (occurring, undertaken, or performed as a perfunctory matter, in the interest of form, or for the sake of formality)

Adv

pro forma (as a perfunctory matter, in the interest of form, or for the sake of politeness)

Noun

formality (something said or done as a matter of form)

Concepts

pro forma

Translations

der Form wegen

der Form halber

pro forma

Hyphenated as

pro‧fór‧ma

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pro‿ˈfor.ma/

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin prō fōrmā (literally “for form”).