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formantia

formantia is the plural of formans.

Meaning of formans

Noun

formans (plural formantia)

  1. Synonym of formative (“language unit, typically a morph, that has a morphological function”).
    • These facts then clearly evidence such elements as enclitical particles which exercise certain morphological and/or syntactical functions, but which have not yet developed into actual suffixes obliged to conform to sound-harmony and the general accentuation pattern. Some elements of this type are...1968, Karl H. Menges, The Turkic Languages and Peoples, page 157
    Synonyms:
    formative

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Questions about formantia

What is formantia the plural of?
Formantia is the plural of formans.

Words near formantia in the dictionary

  1. formanilide
  2. Formanite
  3. Formanites
  4. formans
  5. formant
  6. formantia
  7. formants
  8. Formartine
  9. formas
  10. format
  11. format string

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