forma

Meaning

1. form, shape
2. Matching clothes worn to indicate affiliation to a group; uniform, jersey, livery.
3. A 16-page section of a book printed on a single sheet of paper; a signature.

Concepts

signature

form

Hyphenated as

for‧ma

Pronounced as (IPA)

/foɾˈma/

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish: فورمه

Borrowed from Italian: forma

Borrowed from French: format

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish فورمه (forma, “a compositor's form”), from Italian forma or French format.