form

form
A n
1 (kind, manifestation) (of activity, energy, exercise, transport, government, protest, work, substance) forme f ; (of entertainment, taxation, disease) sorte f ; different forms of life ou life forms différentes formes de vie ; it's a form of blackmail c'est une forme de chantage ; some form of control is needed un système de contrôle est nécessaire ; in the form of crystals/a loan sous forme de cristaux/de prêt ; in a new/different form sous une nouvelle/autre forme ; to publish articles in book form réunir des articles dans un livre ; he won't touch alcohol in any form il évite l'alcool sous toutes ses formes ; to take various forms prendre diverses formes ; to take the form of a strike prendre la forme d'une grève ;
2 (document) formulaire m ; to fill in ou fill out ou complete a form remplir un formulaire ; blank form formulaire vierge ;
3 (shape) forme f ; to take ou assume the form of a man/a swan prendre la forme d'un homme/d'un cygne ;
4 (of athlete, horse, performer) forme f ; to be in good form être en bonne or pleine forme ; to be on form être très en forme ; to return to form retrouver la forme ; to return to one's best form retrouver sa meilleure forme ; to study the form étudier le tableau des performances ; true to form, she was late fidèle à elle-même, elle était en retard ;
5 Literat, Art (structure) forme f ; (genre) genre m ; form and content la forme et le fond ; a literary form un genre littéraire ; theatrical forms formes du théâtre ; verse forms genres en vers ; the limitations of this form les limites de ce genre ;
6 (etiquette) it is bad form cela ne se fait pas (to do de faire) ; purely as a matter of form purement par politesse or pour la forme ; I never know the form at these ceremonies je ne sais jamais comment me comporter à ces cérémonies ; you know the form tu sais ce qu'il faut faire ;
7 GB Sch classe f ; in the first/fourth form en sixième/troisième ;
8 (prescribed set of words) formule f ; they object to the form of words used ils ne sont pas d'accord avec la formulation ;
9 GB (criminal record) to have form avoir fait de la taule (for pour) ;
10 Ling forme f ; in question form à la forme interrogative ;
11 (hare's nest) gîte m, forme f ;
12 (bench) banc m.
B modif GB Sch [captain, room] de classe.
C vtr
1 (organize or create) former [queue, circle, barrier, club, cartel, alliance, government, union, band] (from avec) ; nouer [friendship, relationship] ; former [sentence, tense] ; to form one's letters former ses lettres ; please form a circle s'il vous plaît, formez un cercle ; how are stalactites formed? comment se forment les stalactites? ; to form part of sth faire partie de qch ; to form a large part/the basis of sth constituer une grande partie/la base de qch ;
2 (conceive) se faire [impression, image, picture, opinion, idea] ; concevoir [admiration] ; to form the habit of doing prendre l'habitude de faire ;
3 (mould) former [child, pupil, personality, taste, ideas, attitudes] ; tastes formed by television des goûts formés par la télévision ;
4 (constitute) former [jury, cabinet, panel] ; the 12 people who form the jury les 12 personnes qui forment le jury.
D vi (all contexts) se former.
E -formed (dans composés) half-/perfectly-formed à moitié/parfaitement formé.
Phrasal verbs
form into :
form into [sth] [people] former [groups, classes, teams] ; to form sth into mettre qch en [sentence, paragraphs, circle] ; séparer [qch] en [groups, teams, classes] ; to form objects into patterns grouper des objets pour former des motifs.
form up [people] se mettre en rangs.

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.

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