formica
English
editEtymology
editA genericization of the trademark Formica, which see.
Noun
editformica (countable and uncountable, plural formicas)
- A heat-resistant laminate material used to veneer countertops.
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editFrench
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editAudio: (file) Audio (Switzerland): (file)
Noun
editformica m (plural formicas)
Italian
editEtymology 1
editFrom Latin formīca, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *morwi. Cognates include Ancient Greek μύρμηξ (múrmēx).
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editNoun
editformica f (plural formiche)
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editEtymology 2
editBorrowed from English Formica.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editformica f (plural formiche)
- Formica (a plastic laminated material)
Etymology 3
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editformica
Further reading
edit- formica in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- formica in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- formica in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- formica in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- formica in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- formica in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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editLatin
editAlternative forms
edit- furmīca (late, proscribed)
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Italic *mormīkā, from Proto-Indo-European *morwi (a term with many deviating forms, probably taboo distortions, in various Indo-European languages). The irregular change of m- to f- can be explained by dissimilation of m- -m- to f- -m-.[1] Cognate with Sanskrit वम्र (vamra), Ancient Greek μύρμηξ (múrmēx), Old Church Slavonic мравии (mravii), Polish mrówka, Old Irish moirb, Welsh myrion, Old Norse maurr, English mire, Albanian morr.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /forˈmiː.ka/, [fɔrˈmiːkä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /forˈmi.ka/, [forˈmiːkä]
Noun
editformīca f (genitive formīcae); first declension
Declension
editFirst-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | formīca | formīcae |
Genitive | formīcae | formīcārum |
Dative | formīcae | formīcīs |
Accusative | formīcam | formīcās |
Ablative | formīcā | formīcīs |
Vocative | formīca | formīcae |
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Balkan Romance:
- Dalmatian:
- Istriot:
- Italo-Romance:
- North-Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Occitano-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Sardinian:
- formiga (Limba Sarda Comuna)
- Borrowings:
References
edit- “formica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “formica”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- formica in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- formica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 234
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