formulation

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

formulation (countable and uncountable, plural formulations)

1. The act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula.
   1. A particular linguistic construction; a turn of phrase.

      The formulation with the bare infinitive was somewhat less common.

2. (medicine) A medicinal preparation.

   If you liked our old shampoo, you'll love the new kinder, gentler formulation.

Synonyms

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Related terms

• formula
• formulate

Translations

act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula

Bulgarian: формулиране n (formulirane), изразяване (bg) n (izrazjavane), редакция (bg) f (redakcija) Catalan: formulació f Czech: formulace f Esperanto: formulado French: formulation (fr) f Indonesian: formulasi (id), perumusan (id) Italian: formulazione (it) f Japanese: 定式化 (ja) (teishikika) Malay: perumusan Portuguese: formulação f Romanian: formulare (ro) Russian: формули́рование (ru) n (formulírovanije) Slovene: formulácija f Spanish: formulación (es) f Turkish: formüle etme

French

Etymology

From formuler +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔʁ.my.la.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: formulations

Noun

formulation f (plural formulations)

1. wording, phrasing
2. formulation

Synonyms

• tournure

Further reading

• “formulation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.