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formal register

indicates a word or sense characteristic of careful, official, or solemn communicative situations, generally avoided in colloquial language
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Summary

formal register is a sociolect[1]. It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: register[3]
  • Opposite of: colloquial language[4], informality[5]
  • Partially coincident with: dress clothes[6]
  • Short name: fml[7]
  • Different from: formal language[8]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Imported from → —
    Partially coincident with → dress clothes
    Wikipedia languages → ['sv']
    Instance of → sociolect
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Isocat id: 432, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/7326367|formalRegister (#7326367)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/125|ISOCAT]] #mix'n'match"
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