form

formulaire

Document comportant des cases ou des espaces où inscrire les renseignements demandés.

En anglais simple : A document with spaces where you write the information someone needs.

• Please fill in this form.
• Have you signed the application form?
• You can download the forms from our website.

Synonymes : formular

Expressions courantes : application form, registration form, complete a form

forme

Aspect extérieur ou contours d’une personne ou d’une chose.

En anglais simple : The shape or visible structure of someone or something.

• The cloud had a strange form.
• The artist studied the human form.
• Dark forms appeared through the fog.

Synonymes : shape, outline

Expressions courantes : human form, curved form, physical form

forme, système

Manière dont quelque chose est organisé ou composé.

En anglais simple : The way something is organized or put together.

• Democracy is a form of government.
• The club adopted a different form of organization.
• These societies had complex forms of political rule.

Comment l'utiliser : form of something (They chose a new form of government.)

Synonymes : system, structure

Expressions courantes : form of government, form of organization, democratic form

moule, coffrage

Objet ou cadre servant à donner une forme précise à une matière.

En anglais simple : An object or frame used to give another material a particular shape.

• Pour the concrete into the form.
• They removed the forms after the walls hardened.
• This wooden form gives the wet material its shape.

Synonymes : mold, mould

Expressions courantes : wooden form, concrete form, casting form

formalité

Geste ou cérémonie accompli par habitude, sans grande signification réelle.

En anglais simple : An outward action or ceremony that follows custom but has little real meaning.

• The signature was a mere form.
• Their approval was only a matter of form.
• He valued form more than substance.

Synonymes : formality

Expressions courantes : mere form, matter of form, empty form

former, constituer

Réunir des personnes ou des choses pour créer un groupe ou un ensemble.

En anglais simple : To bring people or things together to create something.

• Let us form a team.
• The parties formed a new government.
• Several local clubs have formed an alliance.

Synonymes : create, establish, set up

Contraires : dissolve, disband

Expressions courantes : form a team, form a government, form an alliance

façonner, modeler

Donner une forme ou une structure précise à quelque chose.

En anglais simple : To give something a particular shape or structure.

• Form the clay into a bowl.
• She formed the dough into small rolls.
• Can you form a circle with this wire?

Comment l'utiliser : form something into something (Form the dough into small balls.)

Synonymes : shape, mold, mould

Expressions courantes : form a ball, form a circle, form something into

se former, apparaître

Apparaître ou commencer à exister, souvent peu à peu.

En anglais simple : To appear or begin to exist, often gradually.

• Clouds form over the mountains.
• A thin layer of ice formed overnight.
• Why do bubbles form on the surface?

Synonymes : appear, develop

Contraires : disappear

Expressions courantes : clouds form, watch ice form, begin to form