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formica

See also: Formica and fórmica

English

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Etymology

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A genericization of the trademark Formica, which see.

Noun

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formica (countable and uncountable, plural formicas)

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

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Hyponyms

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

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Noun

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formica m (plural formicas)

  1. formica

Italian

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Due formiche – Two ants

Etymology 1

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

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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formica f (plural formiche)

  1. ant
    Synonym: formicola
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English Formica.

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Noun

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formica f (plural formiche)

  1. Formica (a plastic laminated material)

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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Adjective

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formica

  1. feminine singular of formico

Further reading

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  • 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

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Etymology

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    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-.[1] 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.

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    Noun

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    formīca f (genitive formīcae); first declension

    1. ant
      • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.402–403:
        Ac velut ingentem formīcae farris acervum
        cum populant, hiemīs memorēs, tēctōque repōnunt; [...].
        And just as ants, when they plunder a big heap of grain — mindful of winter — and store it in their nest; [...].
      • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.6.6:
        vāde ad formīcam ō piger et cōnsīderā viās eius et disce sapientiam
        Go to the ant, O sluggard, and consider her ways, and learn wisdom
        (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)

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    First-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative formīca formīcae
    genitive formīcae formīcārum
    dative formīcae formīcīs
    accusative formīcam formīcās
    ablative formīcā formīcīs
    vocative formīca formīcae

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    References

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    • “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.
    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 234
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