No. 9,084 in Catalan
formant
A "formant" in Catalan refers to a resonance frequency of the vocal tract in phonetics, shaping speech sound characteristics.
In a sentence
Ell està formant un equip de treball.
He is forming a work team.
In this sentence, 'formant' is used as the present participle of the verb 'formar', meaning 'forming', in the context of creating or assembling a team.
La classe tracta sobre els formants vocals.
The class is about vocal formants.
Here, 'formants' refers to acoustic resonances or frequencies in phonetics and linguistics, highlighting its use as a technical term.
Estem formant-nos per ser millors professionals.
We are training ourselves to be better professionals.
'Formant-nos' shows reflexive usage, meaning 'training ourselves', where 'formant' is the verb in action describing personal development.
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