formant

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Formant, from Latin fōrmāns (“shaping; forming; fashioning”), present participle of fōrmō (“to shape; to form; to fashion”). Doublet of formans. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɔː(ɹ)mənt/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)mənt === Noun === formant (plural formants) (physics, phonetics) A band of frequencies, in a sound spectrum, that have a greater intensity; they determine the quality of a sound; especially the characteristic sounds of the consonants. (linguistic morphology) Synonym of formative (“language unit, typically a morph, that has a morphological function”). ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === formant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Fortman == Catalan == === Verb === formant gerund of formar == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɔʁ.mɑ̃/ === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from German Formant, from Latin fōrmāns (“shaping; forming; fashioning”), present participle of fōrmō (“to shape; to form; to fashion”). Doublet of formans. ==== Noun ==== formant m (plural formants) (physics, phonetics) formant (band of frequencies, in a sound spectrum, that have a greater intensity; they determine the quality of a sound; especially the characteristic sounds of the consonants) (linguistic morphology) formative (language unit, typically a morph, that has a morphological function) Synonym: formans === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== formant present participle of former === Further reading === “formant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Verb === fōrmant third-person plural present active indicative of fōrmō == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Formant, from Latin fōrmāns. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɔr.mant/ Rhymes: -ɔrmant Syllabification: for‧mant === Noun === formant m inan (acoustics, phonetics) formant (band of frequencies) (linguistic morphology) formative (language unit, typically a morph, that has a morphological function) Hyponyms: afiks, zrostek ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === formant in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French formant. === Noun === formant m (plural formanți) formant ==== Declension ==== == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === From fȏrma. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fǒrmant/ Hyphenation: for‧mant === Noun === fòrmant m inan (Cyrillic spelling фо̀рмант) (linguistic morphology) formative (language unit, typically a morph, that has a morphological function) ==== Declension ==== === References === “formant”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026