Define:Former

Dens

Noun

Former c

Verb

Former

Verb

former or formér

1. Imperative o formere.

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French

Etymology

Laitin formō (“I form”)

Pronunciation

• Audio 

Verb

Former

1. tae form (generic sense)
2. tae shape (tae mak intae a certain shape)
3. tae train; tae eddicate

Conjugation

   Conjugation o former (see an aa French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		former			avoir formé
gerund		en formant			en ayant formé
present participle		formant
past participle		formé
person		singular			plural
		first	seicont	third	first	seicont	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	forme	formes	forme	formons	formez	forment
	imperfect	formais	formais	formait	formions	formiez	formaient
	past historic1	formai	formas	forma	formâmes	formâtes	formèrent
	futur	formerai	formeras	formera	formerons	formerez	formeront
	condeetional	formerais	formerais	formerait	formerions	formeriez	formeraient
compoond tenses	present perfect	Uise the present tense o avoir follaed bi the past pairteeciple
	pluperfect	Uise the imperfect tense o avoir follaed bi the past pairteeciple
	past anterior1	Uise the past heestoric tense o avoir follaed bi the past pairteeciple
	futur perfect	Uise the futur tense o avoir follaed bi the past pairteeciple
	condeetional perfect	Uise the condeetional tense o avoir follaed bi the past pairteeciple
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	forme	formes	forme	formions	formiez	forment
	imperfect1	formasse	formasses	formât	formassions	formassiez	formassent
compoond tenses	past	Uise the present subjunctive o avoir follaed bi the past pairteeciple
	pluperfect1	Uise the imperfect subjunctive o avoir follaed bi the past pairteeciple
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	forme	—	formons	formez	—
1literary tenses

Related terms

• formation
• forme

Freemit airtins

• “Former” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Inglis

Alternative forms

• fmr

Pronunciation

• (US) /ˈfɔɹmɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) /ˈfɔːmə/
• Audio (US) 
• (deprecatit uise o |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)mə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

Frae Middle Inglis

former

, comparative o

, frae Old English

. Parallel tae prior (via Latin), as comparative form frae same Proto-Indo-European root. Relatit tae first an fore (thence before), frae Proto-Germanic.

Adjective

Former (comparative maist Former, superlative maist Former)

1. umwhile

Synonyms

• (previous): anterior, erstwhile, previous, prior, quondam, ex-

Antonyms

• latter

Etymology 2

Noun

Former (plural Formers)

1. umwhile

Derived terms

• pan former

Statistics

• Maist common Inglis wirds afore 1923: minutes · appear · thoughts · #661: former · twenty · lips · donations

Anagrams

• reform

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Laitin

Verb

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive o formō

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Norse Bokmål

Noun

Former m, f

1. indefinite plural o form

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Norse Nynorsk

Noun

Former f

1. indefinite plural o form

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Swadis

Noun

Former

1. indefinite plural o form