forment

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English

Verb

forment

Misspelling of foment.

Noun

forment

Misspelling of formant.

French

Verb

forment

third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of former

Anagrams

froment

Friulian

Pronunciation

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Noun

forment m (plural forments)

wheat

Latin

Verb

fōrment

third-person plural present active subjunctive of fōrmō

Old French

Alternative forms

fortement (appeared when forte replaced fort as the feminine of fort)
fortment

Etymology

fort +‎ -ment, with the loss of the medial t.

Adverb

forment

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (forment)
Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (fortement, supplement)
forment on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub