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7-letter words (2 found)

ACIFORM,FORMICA,

6-letter words (1 found)

FORMIC,

5-letter words (13 found)

CAROM,CIMAR,CORAM,CORIA,FARCI,FORAM,FRAIM,MACRO,MAFIC,MICRA,MICRO,MOIRA,MORIA,

4-letter words (38 found)

ACRO,AFRO,AMIR,ARCO,CAMI,CAMO,CIAO,COIF,COIR,COMA,CORF,CORM,CRAM,CRIA,CRIM,FAIR,FARM,FARO,FIAR,FICO,FIRM,FOAM,FOCI,FORA,FORM,FROM,MAIR,MARC,MICA,MICO,MIRO,MOAI,MORA,ORCA,RAMI,RIMA,ROAM,ROMA,

3-letter words (37 found)

AIM,AIR,AMI,ARC,ARF,ARM,CAF,CAM,CAR,COR,FAR,FIR,FOR,FRA,FRO,MAC,MAR,MIC,MIR,MOA,MOC,MOI,MOR,OAF,OAR,OCA,OMA,ORA,ORC,ORF,RAI,RAM,RIA,RIF,RIM,ROC,ROM,

2-letter words (13 found)

AI,AM,AR,FA,IF,IO,MA,MI,MO,OF,OI,OM,OR,

You can make 104 words from formica according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of formica

formica

Etymology

A genericization of the trademark Formica, which see.

Noun

formica (countable and uncountable, plural formicas)

  1. A heat-resistant laminate material used to veneer countertops.

Synonyms

  • arborite

Hyponyms

  • Formica (the trademarked brand name material)
  • Arborite (the trademarked brand name material)

Anagrams

  • AFRICOM, aciform

French

Pronunciation

Noun

formica m (plural formicas)

  1. formica

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin formīca, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *morwi. Cognates include Ancient Greek μύρμηξ (múrmēx).

Alternative forms

  • formicola

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /forˈmi.ka/
  • Rhymes: -ika
  • Hyphenation: for‧mì‧ca

Noun

formica f (plural formiche)

  1. ant
    Synonym: formicola
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English Formica.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔr.mi.ka/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrmika
  • Hyphenation: fòr‧mi‧ca

Noun

formica f (plural formiche)

  1. Formica (a plastic laminated material)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔr.mi.ka/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrmika
  • Hyphenation: fòr‧mi‧ca

Adjective

formica

  1. feminine singular of formico

Further reading

  • 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

Anagrams

  • cofirma

Latin

Alternative forms

  • furmīca (late, proscribed)

Etymology

From 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-. 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

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /forˈmiː.ka/, [fɔrˈmiːkä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /forˈmi.ka/, [forˈmiːkä]

Noun

formīca f (genitive formīcae); first declension

  1. ant

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • “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.

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