different between former vs suite

English

Alternative forms

• fmr / fmr.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f??m?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f??m?/
• Rhymes: -??(?)m?(?)

Etymology 1

From Middle English former, comparative of forme (“first”), from Old English forma (“first”), descended from Proto-Germanic *frumô. Parallel to prior (via Latin), as comparative form from same Proto-Indo-European root. Related to first and fore (thence before), from Proto-Germanic.

Adjective

former (comparative form only)

1. Previous.

   • At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors. […] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
3. First of aforementioned two items. Used with the, often without a noun.

Synonyms

• (previous): erstwhile, sometime, whilom, wont-to-be; see also Thesaurus:former

Antonyms

• (previous): next; see also Thesaurus:subsequent
• (first of aforementioned two items): latter

Translations

Etymology 2

form +? -er

Noun

former (plural formers)

1. Someone who forms something; a maker; a creator or founder.

   Dave was the former of the company.

2. An object used to form something, such as a template, gauge, or cutting die.

   The brick arch was built using a wooden former.

3. (chiefly Britain, used in combinations) Someone in, or of, a certain form (class).

   Fifth-former.

   Sixth-former.

Derived terms

• pan former

Anagrams

• Reform, re-form, reform

Danish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [?f??m?]

Noun

former c

1. indefinite plural of form

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [?f??m?]

Verb

former

1. present of forme

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [f??me???]

Verb

former or formér

1. imperative of formere

French

Etymology

From Old French, borrowed from Latin f?rm? (“to form”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??.me/

Verb

former

1. to form (generic sense)
2. to shape (to make into a certain shape)
3. to train; to educate

Conjugation

Related terms

• formation
• forme

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

f?rmer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of f?rm?

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

former m or f

1. indefinite plural of form

Verb

former

1. present of forme

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

former f

1. indefinite plural of form

Swedish

Noun

former

1. indefinite plural of form

Anagrams

• reform

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French suite. See also the doublet suit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /swi?t/
• Rhymes: -i?t
• Homophone: sweet
• Hyphenation: suite

Noun

suite (plural suites)

1. A retinue or company of attendants, as of a distinguished personage

   the ambassador's suite

2. A connected series or succession of objects; a number of things used or classed together

   a suite of rooms

   a suite of minerals
3. A group of connected rooms, usually separable from other rooms by means of access.

4. (music) A musical form, popular before the time of the sonata, consisting of a string or series of pieces all in the same key, mostly in various dance rhythms, with sometimes an elaborate prelude.
5. (music) An excerpt of instrumental music from a larger work that contains other elements besides the music; for example, the Nutcracker Suite is the music (but not the dancing) from the ballet The Nutcracker, and the Carmen Suite is the instrumental music (but not the singing and dancing) from the opera Carmen.
6. (computing) A group of related computer programs distributed together.

Hyponyms

• (computing): office suite, test suite
• (music): dance suite

Related terms

• ensuite

Translations

References

• suite on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Stuie, Tieus, etuis, use it, étuis

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French suite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?i.t?/
• Hyphenation: sui?te
• Rhymes: -it?

Noun

suite f (plural suites)

1. suite (group of interconnected rooms)
2. (music) suite (music piece)

French

Etymology

From Old French suite, from earlier siute, from Vulgar Latin *sequita, (instead of classical sec?ta), as the feminine past participle of *sequere, from Latin sequor, sequi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?it/

Noun

suite f (plural suites)

1. result
2. sequel
3. next step, next steps, that which follows, remainder, rest
4. (poker) straight
5. (mathematics) sequence
6. suite (group of connected rooms)

Derived terms

Related terms

• suivre

Descendants

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• étuis, situe, situé, usité

Irish

Alternative forms

• suidhte (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s??t??/

Adjective

suite

1. fixed, secured
2. mounted
3. fast
4. located

Synonyms

• (fixed, secured): fosaitheach, feistithe, daingnithe
• (mounted): gléasta
• (fast): ceangailte

Noun

suite

1. genitive singular of suí

Participle

suite

1. past participle of suigh

Mutation

Japanese

Romanization

suite

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Latin

Verb

suite

1. second-person plural present active imperative of su?

Middle English

Noun

suite

1. Alternative form of sute

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from French suite.

Noun

suite m (definite singular suiten, indefinite plural suiter, definite plural suitene)

1. a suite (set of rooms)
2. a suite (music)
3. a suite (group of people in attendance)

References

• “suite” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from French suite.

Noun

suite m (definite singular suiten, indefinite plural suitar, definite plural suitane)

1. a suite (set of rooms)
2. a suite (music)
3. a suite (group of people in attendance)

References

• “suite” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From metathesis of earlier siute, sieute from Vulgar Latin *sequita, (instead of classical sec?ta), as the feminine past participle of *sequere, from Latin sequor, sequi.

Noun

suite f (oblique plural suites, nominative singular suite, nominative plural suites)

1. pursuit (act of pursuing)

Related terms

• sivre

Descendants

• ? English: suit
• French: suite
  • ? English: suite
    • Spanish: suite

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (sieute)
• siute on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French suite.

Noun

suite f (plural suites)

1. suite (rooms, hotel)

Further reading

• “suite” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.